CVE-2016-2312

6.8 MEDIUM

Published: December 23, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

Description

Turning all screens off in Plasma-workspace and kscreenlocker while the lock screen is shown can result in the screen being unlocked when turning a screen on again.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177454.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177557.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=358125

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=964548

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20160209-1.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177454.html