CVE-2016-2312
Turning all screens off in Plasma-workspace and kscreenlocker while the lock screen is shown can...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2016-2312- CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-254
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2016-2312- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-3396 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2016-3396- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pwf3-h35x-h5rg
Turning all screens off in Plasma-workspace and kscreenlocker while the lock screen is shown can...
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.
- Record
GHSA-pwf3-h35x-h5rg- CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
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.
- Record
CVE-2016-2312- CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2016-2312
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.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2312- CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-2312
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.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2312- CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10081-1 No score
kscreenlocker-5.8.4-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the kscreenlocker-5.8.4-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10081-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
plasma-workspaceDebian:12 |
before 4:5.4.3-2 | 4:5.4.3-2 |
plasma-workspaceDebian:13 |
before 4:5.4.3-2 | 4:5.4.3-2 |
plasma-workspaceDebian:14 |
before 4:5.4.3-2 | 4:5.4.3-2 |
kscreenlockeropenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 5.8.4-1.1 | 5.8.4-1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-2312 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Kde Kscreenlocker, published December 23, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.44%, the 38th percentile. Fixed in plasma-workspace 4:5.4.3-2.
References
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177557.html
bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=358125
kde.org/info/security/advisory-20160209-1.txt
bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=964548
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2312