The automatic screen lock functionality in GNOME Shell (aka gnome-shell) before 3.10 does not prevent access to the "Enter a Command" dialog, which allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging an unattended workstation.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-7221 is rated Low Risk (25.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2023-03-07 | 0.95% | 0.06% | -0.89% |
| 2 | 2022-02-04 | — | 0.95% | — |
Full EPSS history (2 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.6 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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3.9 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
|
not yet assigned | CVE-2013-7221 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (gnome-shell), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-7221 |
redhat
|
medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-7221 |
ubuntu
|
medium | CVE-2013-7221 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (gnome-shell), 13 status rows across 13 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 8, not-affected 3, DNE 1, released 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-7221 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnome | gnome-shell | <= 3.9.92 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.0.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.0.0.2 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.0.2 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.1.3 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.1.4 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.1.90 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.1.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.1.90.1 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.1.90.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.1.91 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.1.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.1.91.1 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.1.91.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.1.92 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.1.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.2.0 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.2.1 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.2.2 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.2.2.1 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.3.2 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.3.3 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.3.5 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.3.90 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.3.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.3.91 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.3.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.3.92 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.3.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.4.0 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.4.1 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.4.2 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.5.2 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.5.3 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.5.4 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.5.90 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.5.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.5.91 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.5.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.5.92 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.5.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.6.1 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.6.2 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.6.3 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.6.3.1 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.6.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.7.1 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.7.2 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.7.2.1 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.7.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.7.3 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.7.3.1 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.7.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.7.4 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.7.4.1 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.7.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.7.5 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.7.91 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.7.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.7.92 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.7.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.8.0 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.8.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.8.1 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.8.2 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.8.3 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.8.4 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.9.1 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.9.2 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.9.3 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.9.4 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.9.5 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.9.90 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.9.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnome | gnome-shell | 3.9.91 | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.9.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |