Vulnerability Report

CVE-2014-1949

Title: Gnome Gtk

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2014-1949.

CWE Category CWE-284

Published Date Jan 16, 2015

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.33%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2014-1949: GTK+ 3.10.9 and earlier, as used in cinnamon-screensaver, gnome-screensaver, and other applications, allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by pressing the menu button.

Impacted Vendors

gnome 1

Reference Links

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0374.html http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/327 http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/331 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:162 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2475-1 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=759145 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1064695 https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver/issues/44 http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0374.html http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/327 http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/331 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:162 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2475-1 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=759145 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1064695 https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver/issues/44

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.2

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2014-1949 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 17, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

January 16, 2015 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:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.