CVE-2010-0414
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
gnome-screensaver before 2.28.2 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass screen locking and access an unattended workstation by moving the mouse position to an external monitor and then disconnecting that monitor.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 0.4% (36th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-0445)
- Published
- February 11, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-0445 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnome / screensaver
- gnome / screensaver
- gnome / screensaver
- gnome / screensaver
- gnome / screensaver
- gnome / screensaver
References
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-screensaver/2.28/gnome-screensaver-2.28.2.news
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=a5f66339be6719c2b8fc478a1d5fc6545297d950
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=dcca89b7ab6e1220815af38da246434b2e13fd9f
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/034904.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38468(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38532
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38534(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:040
- http://www.osvdb.org/62219
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38149
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-898-1
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=609337
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=562217
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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