CVE-2016-2312

MEDIUM 6.8CVE-2016-2312 · Published 23/12/2016 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-2312 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability affecting kscreenlocker (kde), plasma-workspace (kde).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.44%, higher than 38.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
kscreenlocker kde	`≤ 5.5.4`	No fix yet
plasma-workspace kde	`≤ 5.4.3`	No fix yet

Description

Turning all screens off in Plasma-workspace and kscreenlocker while the lock screen is shown can result in the screen being unlocked when turning a screen on again.

References

lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177454.html · Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177557.html · Third Party Advisory
bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi · Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking
kde.org/info/security/advisory-20160209-1.txt · Vendor Advisory

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