# CVE-2016-2312: Turning all screens off in Plasma-workspace and kscreenlocker while the lock screen is shown can result in the screen being unlocked when tu

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2016-12-23 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Turning all screens off in Plasma-workspace and kscreenlocker while the lock screen is shown can result in the screen being unlocked when turning a screen on again.

## What to do

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## References

- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177557.html
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=358125
- https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20160209-1.txt
- https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=964548
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177454.html

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