CVE-2022-4964 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Ubuntu's pipewire-pulse in snap grants microphone access even when the snap interface for audio-record is not set.

Published: 2024-01-24

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Canonical Ltd.

Ubuntu pipewire-pulse

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:canonical:ubuntu_pipewire-pulse:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-52216	Ubuntu's pipewire-pulse in snap grants microphone access even when the snap interface for audio-record is not set.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00064.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pipewire/+bug/1995707/
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-4964
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/merge_requests/1779
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/wireplumber/-/merge_requests/567
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4964
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4964

History

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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Subscriptions

Canonical Ubuntu Pipewire-pulse

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published: 2024-01-24T00:58:14.236Z

Updated: 2025-06-20T19:20:11.172Z

Reserved: 2024-01-23T23:08:14.851Z

Link: CVE-2022-4964

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:55:46.085Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-24T01:15:07.977

Modified: 2025-06-20T20:15:23.290

Link: CVE-2022-4964

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-01-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-4964 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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