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high 7.2

CVE-2015-3213 json

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

published 2015-08-12 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-3276

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 43%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • clutter-1.0 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.18.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3213

  • clutter RHEL 7 1.14.4-12.el7_1.1
  • clutter RHEL 7 1.14.4-12.ael7b_1.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:1510

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-3213 updated cvss 4.6

clutter: screenlock bypass by performing certain mouse gestures

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) clutter 1.14.4-12.el7_1.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) clutter-doc 1.14.4-12.el7_1.1, clutter-devel 1.14.4-12.el7_1.1, clutter-debuginfo 1.14.4-12.el7_1.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) clutter 1.14.4-12.el7_1.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) clutter 1.14.4-12.el7_1.1, clutter 1.14.4-12.ael7b_1.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) clutter-doc 1.14.4-12.el7_1.1, clutter-devel 1.14.4-12.el7_1.1, clutter-doc 1.14.4-12.ael7b_1.1, clutter-devel 1.14.4-12.ael7b_1.1, clutter-debuginfo 1.14.4-12.el7_1.1, clutter-debuginfo 1.14.4-12.ael7b_1.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) clutter 1.14.4-12.el7_1.1
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) clutter-doc 1.14.4-12.el7_1.1, clutter-devel 1.14.4-12.el7_1.1, clutter-debuginfo 1.14.4-12.el7_1.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1510
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 clutter
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.gnome.org https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=749847 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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