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CVE-2014-7300

Published: Dec 25, 2014 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
3.6 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7300
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/399.html

GNOME Shell 3.14.x before 3.14.1, when the Screen Lock feature is used, does not limit the aggregate memory consumption of all active PrtSc requests, which allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary commands on an unattended workstation by making many PrtSc requests and leveraging a temporary lock outage, and the resulting temporary shell availability, caused by the Linux kernel OOM killer.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Gnome-shellGnome3.14.0 (including)3.14.0 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatclutter-0:1.14.4-12.el7*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatcogl-0:1.14.0-6.el7*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatgnome-shell-0:3.8.4-45.el7*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatmutter-0:3.8.4-16.el7*
Gnome-shellUbuntulucid*
Gnome-shellUbuntuprecise*
Gnome-shellUbuntutrusty*
Gnome-shellUbuntuupstream*
Gnome-shellUbuntuutopic*
Gnome-shellUbuntuvivid*
Gnome-shellUbuntuwily*

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