7.8

CVE-2017-14177: apport_project apport Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 7.8v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-14177
Published 02-02-2018Last modified 17-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-14177 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in apport_project apport. EPSS estimates a 0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.39%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 2
USN-3480-1USN-3480-2

Timeline

  1. 02-02-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.39%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

32%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.39% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.39%

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

Affected systems

Apport_project1 product
Canonical1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • apport< 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.27 | < 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.12

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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