CVE-2014-3203: Ayatana Project Unity

Medium severity, CVSS 4.4. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Unity before 7.2.1, as used in Ubuntu 14.04, does not properly restrict access to the Dash when the lock screen is active, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen and execute arbitrary commands, as demonstrated by pressing the SUPER key before the screen auto-locks.

Affected products

• Ayatana Project Unity: up to and including 7.2.0; version 7.0.0 only; version 7.0.1 only; version 7.1.0 only; version 7.1.1 only; version 7.1.2 only; …
• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 14.04 only

Published 2014-05-06. Last modified 2026-06-17.