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CVE-2014-5195

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.

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Severity

N/A

EPSS

Probability of exploitation (next 30 days): 0.0004 (0.0%)
Percentile: 12.8%
EPSS: 2026-05-06

Affects

ayatana_project:unitycanonical:ubuntu_linux

Technical 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.

Published: 8/7/2014, 11:13:37 AM
Last modified: 5/6/2026, 10:30:45 PM

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