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CVE-2014-7300

Published: Dec 25, 2014Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-399
7.2HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 61.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected Products

redhat
commercial·USaka red hat
enterprise linux workstationOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
enterprise linux hpc nodeOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
gnome
oss-project·USaka gnome project, glib
gnome-shellOn-premDesktop App
Consumer Software
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-shell/commit/?id=a72dca361080ffc9f45ff90188a7cf013c3c4013
git.gnome.org
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0535.html
rhn.redhat.com
https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-shell/commit/?id=f02b007337e61436aaa0e81a86ad707b6d277378
git.gnome.org
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