CVE-2015-7496 (GCVE-0-2015-7496)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2015-11-24 20:00
Modified
2024-08-06 07:51
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 3.18.2 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by holding the Escape key.
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Impacted products
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