CVE-2017-14180
Apport 2.13 through 2.20.7 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 or possibly gain…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.44%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Apport 2.13 through 2.20.7 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 or possibly gain root privileges, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-14179.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.44% probability · 37th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Affected
- apport project/apport · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- security@ubuntu.com
References
- https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~apport-hackers/apport/trunk/revision/3171Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/1726372Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/?cve=CVE-2017-14180Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3480-1Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/9
- https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~apport-hackers/apport/trunk/revision/3171Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/1726372Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/?cve=CVE-2017-14180Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3480-1Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.