CVE-2010-0422: Gnome Screensaver

Medium severity, CVSS 4.0. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

gnome-screensaver 2.28.x before 2.28.3 does not properly synchronize the state of screen locking and the unlock dialog in situations involving a change to the number of monitors, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass screen locking and access an unattended workstation by connecting and disconnecting monitors multiple times, a related issue to CVE-2010-0414.

Affected products

• Gnome Screensaver: version 2.28.0 only; version 2.28.1 only; version 2.28.2 only

Published 2010-02-24. Last modified 2026-06-16.