CVE-2014-5195

Unity before 7.2.3 and 7.3.x before 7.3.1, as used in Ubuntu, does not properly take focus of the keyboard when switching to the lock screen, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by (1) leveraging a machine that had text selected when locking or (2) resuming from a suspension.

Published: 2014-08-07 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-5195 is rated Low Risk (32.4/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.04%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-5195

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 2025-03-17 0.06% 0.04% -0.02%
2 2023-03-07 0.95% 0.06% -0.89%
3 2022-02-04 — 0.95% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-5195

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-5195

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-5195

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-5195 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (unity), 4 status rows across 4 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream): DNE 1, needs-triage 1, not-affected 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5195

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-5195

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ayatana_project unity <= 7.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:ayatana_project:unity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ayatana_project unity 7.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:ayatana_project:unity:7.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ayatana_project unity 7.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:ayatana_project:unity:7.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ayatana_project unity 7.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:ayatana_project:unity:7.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-5195

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