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gnome-shell — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2014-7300

GNOME Shell 3.14.x before 3.14.1, when the Screen Lock feature is used, does not limit the aggregate memory consumption of all active PrtSc requests, which allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary commands on an unattended workstation by making many PrtSc requests and leveraging a temporary lock outage, and the resulting temporary shell availability, caused by the Linux kernel OOM killer.

Products
gnome-shell
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
3.14.1-1
CVEs
CVE-2014-7300
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 21:40 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-7300

core-osv · Original source

Published 25 Dec 2014, 21:59 UTC

GNOME Shell 3.14.x before 3.14.1, when the Screen Lock feature is used, does not limit the aggregate memory consumption of all active PrtSc requests, which allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary commands on an unattended workstation by making many PrtSc requests and leveraging a temporary lock outage, and the resulting temporary shell availability, caused by the Linux kernel OOM killer.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2014-7300

gnome-shell

Fixed versions: 3.14.1-1

gnome-shell

Fixed versions: 3.14.1-1

gnome-shell

Fixed versions: 3.14.1-1

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-7300",
  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "GNOME Shell 3.14.x before 3.14.1, when the Screen Lock feature is used, does not limit the aggregate memory consumption of all active PrtSc requests, which allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary commands on an unattended workstation by making many PrtSc requests and leveraging a temporary lock outage, and the resulting temporary shell availability, caused by the Linux kernel OOM killer.",
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      "modified": "2026-10-23T15:47:29.648253184Z",
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 414034,
  "published_at": "2014-12-25T21:59:02.937+00:00"
}