CVE-2016-10894 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2016-10894?

CVE-2016-10894 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 16 Aug 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

xtrlock through 2.10 does not block multitouch events. Consequently, an attacker at a locked screen can send input to (and thus control) various programs such as Chromium via events such as pan scrolling, "pinch and zoom" gestures, or even regular mouse clicks (by depressing the touchpad once and then clicking with a different finger).

Weakness: CWE-254

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10894?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Xtrlock Project Xtrlock.

How do I fix CVE-2016-10894?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2016-10894 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10894 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10894, DLA-1959-1, GHSA-6r6w-5rm5-f9qm, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10894.