Description
GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 3.18.2 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by holding the Escape key.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172328.html
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/17/10
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2128
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://download.gnome.org/sources/gdm/3.18/gdm-3.18.2.news
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=758032
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/17/8
Scores
EPSS
0.0008
EPSS Percentile
23.2%
Details
CWE
CWE-264
Status
published
Products (2)
fedoraproject/fedora
23
gnome/gnome_display_manager
< 3.18.0
Published
Nov 24, 2015
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026