gdk/gdkwindow.c in GTK+ before 2.18.5, as used in gnome-screensaver before 2.28.1…
Priority LOW 27CWE-362Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Complete · Complete · Complete
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
gdk/gdkwindow.c in GTK+ before 2.18.5, as used in gnome-screensaver before 2.28.1, performs implicit paints on windows of type GDK_WINDOW_FOREIGN, which triggers an X error in certain circumstances and consequently allows physically proximate attackers to bypass screen locking and access an unattended workstation by pressing the Enter key many times.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00296 22nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2010-0732
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xm6w-hhcm-7v7g
References
Patch 5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565527
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=ab08cc93f2dc6223c8c00bfa1ca4f2d89069dbe0
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=598476
- [oss-security] 20100305 Re: CVE Request: gnome-screensaver termination by pressing "Enter"
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk+/commit/?id=0748cf563d0d0d03001a62589f13be16a8ec06c1
Advisory 6
- SUSE-SR:2010:008
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gtk+/2.18/gtk+-2.18.5.news
- MDVSA-2010:109
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?h=gnome-2-28&id=98f8a22412cf388217fd5b88915eadd274d68520
- https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/+bug/446395
- http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Gnome-Bildschirmsperre-in-OpenSuse-Linux-wirkungslos-2-Update-928580.html
More GNOME Gtk vulnerabilities
- TI-2012-00764 Out-of-bounds write in Xchat-WDK CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2004-00721 Stack-based buffer overflow in xpm_extract_color (io-xpm.c) in the XPM image decoder for… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2004-00720 Integer overflow in pixbuf_create_from_xpm (io-xpm.c) in the XPM image decoder for gtk+… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2010-04556 Untrusted search path vulnerability in modules/engines/ms-windows/xp_theme.c in GTK+… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2005-02808 Integer overflow in io-xpm.c in gdk-pixbuf 0.22.0 in GTK+ before 2.8.7 allows attackers… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2005-02807 io-xpm.c in the gdk-pixbuf XPM image rendering library in GTK+ before 2.8.7 allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2010-0732 · CVE Program
- CVE-2010-0732 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xm6w-hhcm-7v7g · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2010-0732 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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