Gnome Shell
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First CVE: Nov 6, 2010 · Active for 15 years
11
Total CVEs
More Total CVEs than 89% of tracked products
1.4
Avg CVEs / Year
Higher CVE frequency than 56% of tracked products
5.8
Avg CVSS
Higher Avg CVSS than 18% of tracked products
0.0%
KEV Rate
Bottom 1%
Trends Over Time
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact Gnome Shell over time
Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Nov 6, 2010
15 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Sep 22, 2023
1,036 days ago
CVE Severity & Scoring
Gnome Shell11 CVEs
82%
18%
All CVEs352,231 CVEs
45%
40%
11%
MediumHigh
Attack Vector
Local2 (18.2%)
Network1 (9.1%)
Unknown5 (45.5%)
Physical3 (27.3%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low5 (45.5%)
High1 (9.1%)
Unknown5 (45.5%)
User Interaction
None5 (45.5%)
Unknown5 (45.5%)
Required1 (9.1%)
Privileges Required
Low2 (18.2%)
High0 (0.0%)
None4 (36.4%)
Unknown5 (45.5%)
Top CVEs
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (11 CVEs).
11 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2017-8288HIGH gnome-shell 3.22 through 3.24.1 mishandles extensions that fail to reload, which can lead to leaving extensions enabled in the lock screen. With these extensions, a bystander could | Apr 27, 2017 | 8.1 | 28 | NO | NO |
CVE-2021-20315MEDIUM A locking protection bypass flaw was found in some versions of gnome-shell as shipped within CentOS Stream 8, when the "Application menu" or "Window list" GNOME extensions are enab | Feb 18, 2022 | 6.1 | 22 | NO | NO |
CVE-2010-4000MEDIUM gnome-shell in GNOME Shell 2.31.5 places a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in the c | Nov 6, 2010 | 6.9 | 22 | NO | NO |
CVE-2021-3982MEDIUM Linux distributions using CAP_SYS_NICE for gnome-shell may be exposed to a privilege escalation issue. An attacker, with low privilege permissions, may take advantage of the way CA | Apr 29, 2022 | 5.5 | 21 | NO | NO |
CVE-2012-4427MEDIUM The gnome-shell plugin 3.4.1 in GNOME allows remote attackers to force the download and installation of arbitrary extensions from extensions.gnome.org via a crafted web page. | Oct 1, 2012 | 6.8 | 21 | NO | NO |
CVE-2023-43090MEDIUM A vulnerability was found in GNOME Shell. GNOME Shell's lock screen allows an unauthenticated local user to view windows of the locked desktop session by using keyboard shortcuts t | Sep 22, 2023 | 5.5 | 18 | NO | NO |
CVE-2020-17489MEDIUM An issue was discovered in certain configurations of GNOME gnome-shell through 3.36.4. When logging out of an account, the password box from the login dialog reappears with the pas | Aug 11, 2020 | 4.3 | 18 | NO | NO |
CVE-2014-7300HIGH GNOME Shell 3.14.x before 3.14.1, when the Screen Lock feature is used, does not limit the aggregate memory consumption of all active PrtSc requests, which allows physically proxim | Dec 25, 2014 | 7.2 | 18 | NO | NO |
CVE-2013-7221MEDIUM The automatic screen lock functionality in GNOME Shell (aka gnome-shell) before 3.10 does not prevent access to the "Enter a Command" dialog, which allows physically proximate atta | Apr 29, 2014 | 4.6 | 18 | NO | NO |
CVE-2013-7220MEDIUM js/ui/screenShield.js in GNOME Shell (aka gnome-shell) before 3.8 allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging an unattended workstation with t | Apr 29, 2014 | 4.6 | 17 | NO | NO |
Exploit Exposure
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (11 CVEs).
CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Social Chatter
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (11 CVEs).
Media Mentions
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (11 CVEs).
Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For Gnome Shell
Top CWEs
Versions
| Version | CVE Count | Avg CVSS | Avg EPSS | KEV | Exploits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | 1 | 5.5 | 0.3% | 0 | 0 |
| 3.9.91 | 1 | 4.6 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 3.9.90 | 1 | 4.6 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 3.9.5 | 1 | 4.6 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 3.9.4 | 1 | 4.6 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 3.9.3 | 1 | 4.6 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 3.9.2 | 1 | 4.6 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 3.9.1 | 1 | 4.6 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 3.8.4 | 1 | 4.6 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 3.8.3 | 1 | 4.6 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 3.8.2 | 1 | 4.6 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 3.8.1 | 1 | 4.6 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 3.8.0.1 | 1 | 4.6 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 3.8.0 | 1 | 4.6 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 3.7.92 | 1 | 4.6 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 3.7.91 | 2 | 4.6 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 3.7.5 | 2 | 4.6 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 3.7.4.1 | 2 | 4.6 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 3.7.4 | 2 | 4.6 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 3.7.3.1 | 2 | 4.6 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |