{
  "cveId": "CVE-2022-23220",
  "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-23220",
  "summary": "CVE-2022-23220 is fixed in usbview on 1 platform, first by usbview 2.0-21-g6fe2f4f-1ubuntu1.1, released January 20, 2022. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.",
  "title": "usbview: USBView 2.1 before 2.2 allows some local users (e.g., ones logged in via SSH) to execute arbitrary code as root becau...",
  "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.",
  "published": "2022-01-20T16:00:00Z",
  "severity": "High",
  "cvss": 7.8,
  "cvssVector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
  "epss": 0.00504,
  "epssPercentile": 0.43364,
  "priority": "High",
  "priorityTier": 3,
  "exploited": false,
  "vendorExploited": false,
  "disclosed": false,
  "fixes": [
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "usbview",
      "release": "Debian 11.6 (bullseye)",
      "fixedVersion": "2.0-21-g6fe2f4f-2\u002Bdeb11u1",
      "fix": "DSA-5052-1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/dsa-5052-1",
      "released": "2022-01-21T00:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "usbview",
      "release": "Debian 12.15 (bookworm)",
      "fixedVersion": "2.0-21-g6fe2f4f-2.1",
      "fix": "DEBIAN-CVE-2022-23220",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/debian-cve-2022-23220",
      "released": "2022-01-21T16:15:08Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "usbview",
      "release": "Debian 13.5 (trixie)",
      "fixedVersion": "2.0-21-g6fe2f4f-2.1",
      "fix": "DEBIAN-CVE-2022-23220",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/debian-cve-2022-23220",
      "released": "2022-01-21T16:15:08Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "usbview",
      "release": "Debian 14",
      "fixedVersion": "2.0-21-g6fe2f4f-2.1",
      "fix": "DEBIAN-CVE-2022-23220",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/debian-cve-2022-23220",
      "released": "2022-01-21T16:15:08Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "usbview",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "2.0-21-g6fe2f4f-1ubuntu1.1",
      "fix": "usbview 2.0-21-g6fe2f4f-1ubuntu1.1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-usbview-2.0-21-g6fe2f4f-1ubuntu1.1",
      "released": "2022-01-20T16:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "usbview",
      "release": "Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal)",
      "fixedVersion": "2.0-21-g6fe2f4f-2ubuntu0.20.04.1",
      "fix": "usbview 2.0-21-g6fe2f4f-2ubuntu0.20.04.1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-focal-usbview-2.0-21-g6fe2f4f-2ubuntu0.20.04.1",
      "released": "2022-01-20T16:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "usbview",
      "release": "Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy)",
      "fixedVersion": "2.0-21-g6fe2f4f-2ubuntu1",
      "fix": "usbview 2.0-21-g6fe2f4f-2ubuntu1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-jammy-usbview-2.0-21-g6fe2f4f-2ubuntu1",
      "released": "2022-01-20T16:00:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "noFixYet": [],
  "dataAsOf": "2026-11-08T13:06:02Z",
  "attribution": {
    "text": "Data: Patchblox Patch Radar",
    "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar",
    "terms": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar/use-the-data"
  }
}