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CVE-2015-7496

Published: Nov 24, 2015 | 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
4.6 MODERATE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
4.3 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7496
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 3.18.2 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by holding the Escape key.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Fedora Fedoraproject 23 (including) 23 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RedHat gdm-1:3.22.3-11.el7 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RedHat gnome-session-0:3.22.3-4.el7 *
Gdm Ubuntu precise *
Gdm Ubuntu trusty *
Gdm Ubuntu vivid *
Gdm Ubuntu wily *
Gdm3 Ubuntu upstream *
Gdm3 Ubuntu yakkety *

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