CVE-2014-7300
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 3.14.1-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 3.14.1-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 3.14.1-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 3.14.1-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 3.14.1-1 |
| rhel | 7.0 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.14.0 | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7300.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/29/17
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0535.html
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=737456
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-shell/commit/?id=a72dca361080ffc9f45ff90188a7cf013c3c4013
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-shell/commit/?id=f02b007337e61436aaa0e81a86ad707b6d277378
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-7300
CWEs
CWE-399
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.