CVE-2014-5195

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Publication date:

07/08/2014

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

Unity before 7.2.3 and 7.3.x before 7.3.1, as used in Ubuntu, does not properly take focus of the keyboard when switching to the lock screen, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by (1) leveraging a machine that had text selected when locking or (2) resuming from a suspension.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

7.20

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:ayatana_project:unity::::::::		7.2.2 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:ayatana_project:unity:7.2.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ayatana_project:unity:7.2.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ayatana_project:unity:7.3.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:ayatana_project:unity::::::::		7.2.2 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:ayatana_project:unity:7.2.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ayatana_project:unity:7.2.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ayatana_project:unity:7.3.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::

CVE-2014-5195

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools