Apport through 2.20.7 does not properly handle core dumps from setuid binaries allowing local users to create certain files as root which an attacker could leverage to perform a denial of service via resource exhaustion or possibly gain root privileges
Published Feb 2, 2018
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.39%
Description
Apport through 2.20.7 does not properly handle core dumps from setuid binaries allowing local users to create certain files as root which an attacker could leverage to perform a denial of service via resource exhaustion or possibly gain root privileges. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-1324.
Affected products
- Vendor n/a Product Apport Defaultn/a
- Version through 2.20.7StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Apport | n/a |
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Configuration 1
- ≤ 2.20.7
Configuration 2
- 14.04
- 16.04
- 17.04
- 17.10
- 18.04
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00390) | 30.61th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00390) | 32.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.69% (0.00691) | 18.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.69% (0.00691) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (4)
- https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~apport-hackers/apport/trunk/revision/3171 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/1726372 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/?cve=CVE-2017-14177 x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3480-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~apport-hackers/apport/trunk/revision/3171 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| https://launchpad.net/bugs/1726372 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/?cve=CVE-2017-14177 | x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3480-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory |
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