CVE-2014-5195 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2014-5195

Unity before 7.2.3 and 7.3.x before 7.3.1, as used in...

Vulnerability 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 Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

ayatana project

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Affected Software

unity
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 7.2.0, 7.2.1, 7.3.0

Timeline

Official Publish: August 7th, 2014
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.