CVE-2013-7220 Affecting gnome-shell package, versions <3.8.4-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-GNOMESHELL-5681247
  • published29 Apr 2014
  • disclosed29 Apr 2014

Introduced: 29 Apr 2014

CVE-2013-7220  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 gnome-shell to version 3.8.4-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnome-shell package and not the gnome-shell package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

js/ui/screenShield.js in GNOME Shell (aka gnome-shell) before 3.8 allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging an unattended workstation with the keyboard focus on the Activities search.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1