VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2012-0064

medium
Published 2014-02-10 · Modified 2026-04-29
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
4.6

Description

xkeyboard-config before 2.5 in X.Org before 7.6 enables certain XKB debugging functions by default, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass an X screen lock via keyboard combinations that break the input grab.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact
OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2:1.11.3.901-2
debian debianbullseyefixed2:1.11.3.901-2
debian debianforkyfixed2:1.11.3.901-2
debian debiansidfixed2:1.11.3.901-2
debian debiantrixiefixed2:1.11.3.901-2

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
xx.org_x11{"endIncluding":"7.5"}
xx.org_x111.0
xx.org_x113.0
xx.org_x114.0
xx.org_x115.0
xx.org_x116.0
xx.org_x116.1
xx.org_x116.3
xx.org_x116.4
xx.org_x116.5.1
xx.org_x116.6
xx.org_x116.7
xx.org_x116.8
xx.org_x116.8.1
xx.org_x116.8.2
xx.org_x116.9.0
xx.org_x117.0
xx.org_x117.1
xx.org_x117.2
xx.org_x117.3
xx.org_x117.4
xx.org_x117.5
xkeyboard_config_projectxkeyboard-config{"endIncluding":"2.4"}
xkeyboard_config_projectxkeyboard-config2.0
xkeyboard_config_projectxkeyboard-config2.1
xkeyboard_config_projectxkeyboard-config2.2
xkeyboard_config_projectxkeyboard-config2.3

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.