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CVE-2016-1000002

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1000002 describes an information leak vulnerability in gdm3 versions 3.14.2 and potentially later, affecting distributions like Debian, GNOME, OpenSUSE, and Red Hat. This low-severity vulnerability (CVSS 2.4) allows an attacker with physical access to gain limited information before the screen locks. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.14.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:3.14.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

2.4LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
0.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
41.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0053 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 227 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: gdm

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-1000002Low

gdm: Information leak before screen lock

Jun 2, 2016

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.suse.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
raw.githubusercontent.com / distributedweaknessfiling/cvelist/master/2016/1000xxx/CVE-2016-1000002.json
Third Party Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2016-1000002
Third Party Advisory