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CVE-2017-14179: apport_project apport Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 7.8v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-14179
Published 02-02-2018Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-14179 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in apport_project apport. EPSS estimates a 0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27.8% 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
0.36%
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. 02-02-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Apport before 2.13 does not properly handle crashes originating from a PID namespace allowing local users to create certain files as root which an attacker could leverage to perform a denial of service via resource exhaustion, possibly gain root privileges, or escape from containers.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.36%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

28%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.36% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.36%

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< 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.25

3 vendors · 3 products

References

5 links