vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2021-3567): caribou vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Mar 25, 2022 | Jun 26, 2025 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Mar 25, 2022
Added
Jun 26, 2025
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
Description
A flaw was found in Caribou due to a regression of CVE-2020-25712 fix. An attacker could use this flaw to bypass screen-locking applications that leverage Caribou as an input mechanism. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Solution
no-fix-ubuntu-package
References
- CVE-2021-3567
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-3567
- CWE-20
- CWE-787
- URL-https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/caribou/+bug/1912060
- URL-https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/caribou/-/commit/d41c8e44b12222a290eaca16703406b113a630c6
- URL-https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/caribou/-/merge_requests/3
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3567
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