CVE catalog
CVE-2015-7496
gdm3: CVE-2015-7496
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 4.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.41% · Oct 25, 2026
GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 3.18.2 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by holding the Escape key.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | gdm3 | sid | 51.1-1 | fixed |
| Debian | gdm3 | forky | 51.1-1 | fixed |
| Debian | gdm3 | trixie | 48.0-2 | fixed |
| Debian | gdm3 | bookworm | 43.0-3 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | gdm3 | source | sid | 3.18.2-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | gdm3 | source | forky | 3.18.2-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | gdm3 | source | trixie | 3.18.2-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | gdm3 | source | bookworm | 3.18.2-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [gdm3]Fixed
Details (2)
43.0-3· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
3.18.2-1dsa · gdm3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · gdm3 · debian · 12
43.0-3· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
3.18.2-1dsa · gdm3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · gdm3 · debian · 12
- [gir1.2-gdm-1.0]Fixed
Source package: [gdm3]
Details (2)
43.0-3· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
3.18.2-1dsa · gdm3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · gdm3 · debian · 12
43.0-3· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
3.18.2-1dsa · gdm3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · gdm3 · debian · 12
- [libgdm1]Fixed
Source package: [gdm3]
Details (2)
43.0-3· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
3.18.2-1dsa · gdm3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · gdm3 · debian · 12
43.0-3· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
3.18.2-1dsa · gdm3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · gdm3 · debian · 12
- [libgdm-dev]Fixed
Source package: [gdm3]
Details (2)
43.0-3· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
3.18.2-1dsa · gdm3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · gdm3 · debian · 12
43.0-3· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
3.18.2-1dsa · gdm3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · gdm3 · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [gdm3]Fixed
Details (2)
48.0-2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
3.18.2-1dsa · gdm3 · debian · 13
48.0-2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
3.18.2-1dsa · gdm3 · debian · 13
- [gir1.2-gdm-1.0]Fixed
Source package: [gdm3]
Details (2)
48.0-2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
3.18.2-1dsa · gdm3 · debian · 13
48.0-2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
3.18.2-1dsa · gdm3 · debian · 13
- [libgdm1]Fixed
Source package: [gdm3]
Details (2)
48.0-2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
3.18.2-1dsa · gdm3 · debian · 13
48.0-2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
3.18.2-1dsa · gdm3 · debian · 13
- [libgdm-dev]Fixed
Source package: [gdm3]
Details (2)
48.0-2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
3.18.2-1dsa · gdm3 · debian · 13
48.0-2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
3.18.2-1dsa · gdm3 · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2017_2128.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7496]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7496]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7496]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2015/cve-2015-7496.json]
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