9.3

CVE-2016-9949: apport_project apport Code Injection

CVSS: 9.3v2.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-9949
Published 17-12-2016Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-9949 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Code Injection vulnerability in apport_project apport. EPSS estimates a 17.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.3/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
17.73%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference, exploit-database

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
USN-3157-1

Timeline

  1. 17-12-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in Apport before 2.20.4. In apport/ui.py, Apport reads the CrashDB field and it then evaluates the field as Python code if it begins with a "{". This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Python code.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

17.73%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

97%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 17.73% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
17.73%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (donncha.is)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databaselocallinuxUnverified

    Apport 2.x (Ubuntu Desktop 12.10 < 16.04) - Local Code Execution

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Apport_project1 product
Canonical1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • apport< 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.23 | < 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.4

3 vendors · 3 products

References

9 links