CVE-2012-0064

xkeyboard-config before 2.5 in X.Org before 7.6 enables certain XKB debugging functions by default, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass an X screen lock via keyboard combinations that break the input grab.

Published: Feb 10, 2014
Updated: Nov 9, 2025
CVE: CVE-2012-0064
Severity: Low
Exploit:

CVSS v2:

Severity: Low
Score: 4.6
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

CWE-264

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
x / x.org_x11	7.1	7.1.x
xkeyboard_config_project / xkeyboard-config	2.0	2.0.x
x / x.org_x11	1.0	1.0.x
xkeyboard_config_project / xkeyboard-config	2.2	2.2.x
x / x.org_x11	4.0	4.0.x
xkeyboard_config_project / xkeyboard-config	2.1	2.1.x
x / x.org_x11	7.2	7.2.x
x / x.org_x11	7.3	7.3.x
x / x.org_x11	6.4	6.4.x
x / x.org_x11	6.6	6.6.x
x / x.org_x11	7.5	7.5.x
x / x.org_x11	5.0	5.0.x
x / x.org_x11	6.3	6.3.x
x / x.org_x11	7.0	7.0.x
xkeyboard_config_project / xkeyboard-config	2.3	2.3.x
x / x.org_x11	6.0	6.0.x
x / x.org_x11	6.5.1	6.5.1.x
x / x.org_x11	6.7	6.7.x
x / x.org_x11	6.8.2	6.8.2.x
x / x.org_x11	7.4	7.4.x
x / x.org_x11	6.1	6.1.x
x / x.org_x11	6.8	6.8.x
xkeyboard_config_project / xkeyboard-config	-	2.4.x
x / x.org_x11	6.8.1	6.8.1.x
x / x.org_x11	-	7.5.x
x / x.org_x11	6.9.0	6.9.0.x
x / x.org_x11	3.0	3.0.x

Vulnerability Database

300,445

CVE-2012-0064

Deep Security Visibility Without the Complexity