CVE-2014-7300
gnome-shell: lockscreen bypass with printscreen key
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Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · September 27, 2014
Updated · June 27, 2026
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.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 3.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling