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Medium severity6.1OSV Advisory· Published Jan 9, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-20681

CVE-2018-20681

Description

mate-screensaver before 1.20.2 in MATE Desktop Environment allows physically proximate attackers to view screen content and possibly control applications. By unplugging and re-plugging or power-cycling external output devices (such as additionally attached graphical outputs via HDMI, VGA, DVI, etc.) the content of a screensaver-locked session can be revealed. In some scenarios, the attacker can execute applications, such as by clicking with a mouse.

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Affected products

3
  • MATE/Mate ScreensaverOSV2 versions
    mate-screensaver-1.1.0, mate-screensaver-1.10.0, mate-screensaver-1.10.1, …+ 1 more
    • (no CPE)range: mate-screensaver-1.1.0, mate-screensaver-1.10.0, mate-screensaver-1.10.1, …
    • cpe:2.3:a:mate-desktop:mate-screensaver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <1.20.2
  • MATE Desktop Environment/mate-screensaverllm-create
    Range: <1.20.2

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