9.8

CVE-2022-1736: canonical ltd. ubuntu's gnome-control-center

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-1736USN-5430-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1736
Published 31-01-2025Last modified 07-02-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-1736 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in canonical ltd. ubuntu's gnome-control-center. EPSS estimates a 0.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.74%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 31-01-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-02-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Ubuntu's configuration of gnome-control-center allowed Remote Desktop Sharing to be enabled by default.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.74%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

54%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.74% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.74%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Canonical1 product
Canonical ltd.1 product
Debian1 product
  • gnome-remote-desktop< 42.1.1-2
Gnome1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • gnome-control-center< 1:41.4-1ubuntu13.2

5 vendors · 5 products

References

5 links