Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-0064

Title: Xkeyboard Config Project Xkeyboard-Config

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-0064.

CWE Category CWE-264

Published Date Feb 10, 2014

Modified Date Apr 29, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 4.6 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.08%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-0064: xkeyboard-config before 2.5 in X.Org before 7.6 enables certain XKB debugging functions by default, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass an X screen lock via keyboard combinations that break the input grab.

Impacted Vendors

x 1

xkeyboard_config_project 1

Reference Links

http://gu1.aeroxteam.fr/2012/01/19/bypass-screensaver-locker-program-xorg-111-and-up/ http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2012-January/001797.html http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2012-January/028691.html http://securitytracker.com/id?1026549 http://who-t.blogspot.com/2012/01/xkb-breaking-grabs-cve-2012-0064.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/19/6 http://www.osvdb.org/78445 http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/ https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=783039 http://gu1.aeroxteam.fr/2012/01/19/bypass-screensaver-locker-program-xorg-111-and-up/ http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2012-January/001797.html http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2012-January/028691.html http://securitytracker.com/id?1026549 http://who-t.blogspot.com/2012/01/xkb-breaking-grabs-cve-2012-0064.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/19/6 http://www.osvdb.org/78445 http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/ https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=783039

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.6

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-0064 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

February 10, 2014 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.