CVE-2014-7300

CVE Details

Release Date:

2014-09-27

Description

It was found that the Gnome shell did not disable the Print Screen key when the screen was locked. This could allow an attacker with physical access to a system with a locked screen to crash the screen-locking application by creating a large amount of screenshots.

See more information about CVE-2014-7300 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	3.6	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (clutter)	ELSA-2015-0535	2015-03-11
Oracle Linux version 7 (cogl)	ELSA-2015-0535	2015-03-11
Oracle Linux version 7 (gnome-shell)	ELSA-2015-0535	2015-03-11
Oracle Linux version 7 (mutter)	ELSA-2015-0535	2015-03-11

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