{"cve":"CVE-2014-7300","nvd":{"published":"2014-12-25T21:59:02.937","modified":"2026-06-17T00:14:43.467","status":"Modified","description":"GNOME Shell 3.14.x before 3.14.1, when the Screen Lock feature is used, does not limit the aggregate memory consumption of all active PrtSc requests, which allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary commands on an unattended workstation by making many PrtSc requests and leveraging a temporary lock outage, and the resulting temporary shell availability, caused by the Linux kernel OOM killer.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-399"],"references":["http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/29/17","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0535.html","https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=737456","https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-shell/commit/?id=a72dca361080ffc9f45ff90188a7cf013c3c4013","https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-shell/commit/?id=f02b007337e61436aaa0e81a86ad707b6d277378"],"products":["gnome:gnome-shell","redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop","redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node","redhat:enterprise_linux_server","redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:34:45.729216538+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2014-7300","score":0.00473,"percentile":0.40881,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}