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CVE-2010-0285
gnome-screensaver 2.14.3, 2.22.2, 2.27.x, 2.28.0, and 2.28.3, when the X configuration enables the extend screen option, allows physically…
- 5.6MediumCVSS base score
- 0.30%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 77% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
gnome-screensaver 2.14.3, 2.22.2, 2.27.x, 2.28.0, and 2.28.3, when the X configuration enables the extend screen option, allows physically proximate attackers to bypass screen locking, access an unattended workstation, and view half of the GNOME desktop by attaching an external monitor.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 43 days later
· 43 days later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.6 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.30% · top 77% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=593616 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=557525 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=2f597ea9f1f363277fd4dfc109fa41bbc6225aca (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0285 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- screensaver-monitor-setup-sec-bypass(56366) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- MDVSA-2011:093 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 38254 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-0316 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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