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CVE-2010-0414

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-0414 describes a bypass vulnerability in gnome-screensaver versions prior to 2.28.2, allowing a physically proximate attacker to unlock an unattended workstation. The attack involves manipulating mouse position across external monitors and then disconnecting one, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the CVSS score of 7.2 indicates high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.28.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:screensaver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:screensaver:2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:screensaver:2.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.20.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:screensaver:2.20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.26.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:screensaver:2.26.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
34.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0042 is in the 49th percentile among its peer group of 3,241 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-0414Moderate

gnome-screensaver: loses its unlock dialog and keyboard grab sometimes when unplugging monitor

Feb 8, 2010

References

ftp.gnome.org / pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-screensaver/2.28/gnome-screensaver-2.28.2.news
git.gnome.org / browse/gnome-screensaver/commit
git.gnome.org / browse/gnome-screensaver/commit
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/034904.html
bugzilla.gnome.org / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/38468
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/38532
secunia.com / advisories/38534
Vendor Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
osvdb.org / 62219
securityfocus.com / bid/38149
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-898-1