CVE-2016-9949
In apport/ui.py, Apport reads the CrashDB field and it then evaluates the field as Python code if it begins with a "{".
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 17.7%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 17.73% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 14 December 2016
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- apport project/apport · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 26.1% on 21 September 2026 to 17.7% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95011Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3157-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/apport/+bug/1648806Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://donncha.is/2016/12/compromising-ubuntu-desktop/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/DonnchaC/ubuntu-apport-exploitationIssue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40937/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95011Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3157-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/apport/+bug/1648806Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://donncha.is/2016/12/compromising-ubuntu-desktop/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/DonnchaC/ubuntu-apport-exploitationIssue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40937/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.