--- title: "CVE-2014-5195\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5195?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2014-5195 Publication date 7 August 2014 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description 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. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | unity | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 7.2.2+14.04.20140714-0ubuntu1.1 | | 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5195) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5195) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-5195) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5195) ### Other references * *