CVE-2015-3213

clutter: screenlock bypass by performing certain mouse gestures

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The gesture handling code in Clutter before 1.16.2 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen via certain (1) mouse or (2) touch gestures.

Vulnerabilidad en el código de manejo de gestos en Clutter en versiones anteriores a 1.16.2, permite a atacantes físicamente próximos eludir la pantalla de bloqueo a través de ciertos gestos de (1) ratón o (2) táctiles.

A flaw was found in the way clutter processed certain mouse and touch gestures. An attacker could use this flaw to bypass the screen lock.

Clutter is a library for creating fast, visually rich, graphical user interfaces. Clutter is used for rendering the GNOME desktop environment. A flaw was found in the way clutter processed certain mouse and touch gestures. An attacker could use this flaw to bypass the screen lock. All clutter users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. After installing the update, all applications using clutter must be restarted for the update to take effect.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2015-04-10 CVE Reserved
2015-07-27 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-284: Improper Access Control
CWE-305: Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=710227	X_refsource_confirm
https://git.gnome.org/browse/clutter/commit/?h=clutter-1.18&id=97724939c8de004d7fa230f3ff64862d957f93a9	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=749847	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1510.html	2023-02-13
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1227098	2015-07-27
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3213	2015-07-27

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Clutter Project Search vendor "Clutter Project"		Clutter Search vendor "Clutter Project" for product "Clutter"				<= 1.16.0 Search vendor "Clutter Project" for product "Clutter" and version " <= 1.16.0"		-		Affected