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

> An attacker at a locked screen can bypass the lock by using multitouch gestures to interact with underlying applications.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 16 Aug 2019
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10894, DLA-1959-1, GHSA-6r6w-5rm5-f9qm, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10894

## 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: 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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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-10894 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Debian Debian Linux. 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-2016-10894/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-10894/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10894
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10894
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-10894

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