CVE-2010-0414: Gnome Screensaver

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

gnome-screensaver before 2.28.2 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass screen locking and access an unattended workstation by moving the mouse position to an external monitor and then disconnecting that monitor.

Affected products

• Gnome Screensaver: up to and including 2.28.1; version 2.13 only; version 2.20 only; version 2.20.0 only; version 2.26.1 only; version 2.28.0 only

Published 2010-02-11. Last modified 2026-06-16.