CVE-2015-3213

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The gesture handling code in Clutter before 1.16.2 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen via certain (1) mouse or (2) touch gestures.

Published: 2015-08-12 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-3213 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-3213

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-3213

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 0.31% 0.06% -0.25%
2 2023-03-07 1.02% 0.31% -0.71%
3 2023-02-13 1.02%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-3213

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-2015-3213

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-3213

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2015-3213 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (clutter-1.0), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3213
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3213
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-3213 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (clutter-1.0), 5 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid): not-affected 3, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3213

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-3213

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
clutter_project clutter <= 1.16.0 cpe:2.3:a:clutter_project:clutter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-3213

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