CVE-2010-0422
gnome-screensaver 2.28.x before 2.28.3 does not properly synchronize the state of screen locking and the unlock dialog in situations involving a change to the number of monitors, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass screen locking and access an unattended workstation by connecting and disconnecting monitors multiple times, a related issue to CVE-2010-0414.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N- EPSS score
- 0.4% (30th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-0453)
- Published
- February 24, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-0453 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
References
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-screensaver/2.28/gnome-screensaver-2.28.3.news
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=271ae93d7b140b8ba40d77f9e4ce894e5fd1b554
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=d4dcbd65a2df3c093c4e3a74bbbc75383eb9eadb
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=f93a22c175090cf02e80bc3ee676b53f1251f685
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035115.html
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126601292400764&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38565(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38583(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38248
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=609789
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=564464
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56364
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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