CVE-2022-23220

HIGH 7.8CVE-2022-23220 · Published 21/01/2022 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2022-23220 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting usbview (usbview project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.50%, higher than 43.4% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.2 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
usbview usbview_project	`< 2.2`	`2.2`

Description

USBView 2.1 before 2.2 allows some local users (e.g., ones logged in via SSH) to execute arbitrary code as root because certain Polkit settings (e.g., allow_any=yes) for pkexec disable the authentication requirement. Code execution can, for example, use the --gtk-module option. This affects Ubuntu, Debian, and Gentoo.

References

openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/22/1 · Mailing List
gregkh/usbview commit bf374fa · Patch
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-15 · Third Party Advisory
debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5052 · Third Party Advisory
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/21/1 · Exploit

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