Medium severity4.1NVD Advisory· Published Jul 26, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-12164
CVE-2017-12164
Description
A flaw was discovered in gdm 3.24.1 where gdm greeter was no longer setting the ran_once boolean during autologin. If autologin was enabled for a victim, an attacker could simply select 'login as another user' to unlock their screen.
AI Insight
LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.
Affected products
3= 3.24.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: = 3.24.1
- (no CPE)range: 3.24.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/commit/ff98b28nvdPatchVendor Advisory
News mentions
0No linked articles in our index yet.