4.6

CVE-2013-7221: gnome gnome-shell

CVSS: 4.6v2.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2013-7221DEBIAN-CVE-2013-7221
Published 29-04-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-7221 is a medium (CVSS 4.6) vulnerability in gnome gnome-shell. EPSS estimates a 0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
18/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.6/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.41%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 29-04-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The automatic screen lock functionality in GNOME Shell (aka gnome-shell) before 3.10 does not prevent access to the "Enter a Command" dialog, which allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging an unattended workstation.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.41%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

33%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.41% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.41%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • gnome-shell< 3.10.1-1
Gnome1 product
  • gnome-shell≤ 3.9.92 | 3.0.0 | 3.0.0.1 | 3.0.0.2 | 3.0.1 | 3.0.2 | 3.1.3 | 3.1.4 | 3.1.90 | 3.1.90.1 | 3.1.91 | 3.1.91.1 | 3.1.92 | 3.2.0 | 3.2.1 | 3.2.2 | 3.22.1 | 3.3.2 | 3.3.3 | 3.3.5 | 3.3.90 | 3.3.91 | 3.3.92 | 3.4.0 | 3.4.1 | 3.4.2 | 3.5.2 | 3.5.3 | 3.5.4 | 3.5.90 | 3.5.91 | 3.5.92 | 3.6.0 | 3.6.1 | 3.6.2 | 3.6.3 | 3.6.3.1 | 3.7.1 | 3.7.2 | 3.7.2.1 | 3.7.3 | 3.7.3.1 | 3.7.4 | 3.7.4.1 | 3.7.5 | 3.7.91 | 3.7.92 | 3.8.0 | 3.8.0.1 | 3.8.1 | 3.8.2 | 3.8.3 | 3.8.4 | 3.9.1 | 3.9.2 | 3.9.3 | 3.9.4 | 3.9.5 | 3.9.90 | 3.9.91
Ubuntu1 product
  • gnome-shell< 3.10.4-0ubuntu5.2 | < 3.18.5-0ubuntu0.3

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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