# CVE-2010-0732: Race condition in n/a

> A race condition in GTK+ allows physically proximate attackers to bypass screen locking by repeatedly pressing Enter, granting access to unattended workstations.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.2 (`AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 19 Mar 2010
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0732, GHSA-xm6w-hhcm-7v7g

## What is CVE-2010-0732?

CVE-2010-0732 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Mar 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

gdk/gdkwindow.c in GTK+ before 2.18.5, as used in gnome-screensaver before 2.28.1, performs implicit paints on windows of type GDK_WINDOW_FOREIGN, which triggers an X error in certain circumstances and consequently allows physically proximate attackers to bypass screen locking and access an unattended workstation by pressing the Enter key many times.

Weakness: CWE-362 (Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0732?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Gnome Gtk, Gnome Screensaver.

## How do I fix CVE-2010-0732?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2010-0732 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0732 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2012-0828](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-0828/): Memory corruption in Xchat-WDK (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2010-4833](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4833/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2005-0891](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-0891/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2001-0084](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0084/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2010-4831](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4831/): Path traversal in n/a (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-0732 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2010-0732 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Mar 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0732 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0732/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0732/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0732
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0732
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-0732

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0732/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.