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…
- 4.0MediumCVSS base score
- 0.36%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 70% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 28 days later
· 28 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 | Medium4.0 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.36% · top 70% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
12
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=564464 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=609789 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100212 Re: gnome-screensaver vulnerability (CVE-2010-0414) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-screensaver/2.28/gnome-screensaver-2.28.3.news (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- gnome-screensaver-monitor-sec-bypass(56364) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-1855 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 38565 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=d4dcbd65a2df3c093c4e3a74bbbc75383eb9eadb (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 38583 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=271ae93d7b140b8ba40d77f9e4ce894e5fd1b554 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 38248 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=f93a22c175090cf02e80bc3ee676b53f1251f685 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-2010-0453 (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)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2010-0422)Record last updated .