CVE-2015-7496
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.2
Description
GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 3.18.2 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by holding the Escape key.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Fedora Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 23 | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 3.18.2-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 3.18.2-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 3.18.2-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 3.18.2-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 3.18.2-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnome | gnome_display_manager | {"endIncluding":"3.18.0"} | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7496.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172328.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/17/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/17/8
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2128
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=758032
- https://download.gnome.org/sources/gdm/3.18/gdm-3.18.2.news
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7496
CWEs
CWE-264
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