{"id":"CVE-2020-15701","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-15701","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T04:17:03.999Z","title":"An unhandled exception in check_ignored() in apport/report.py can be exploited by a local attacker to cause a denial of service.","description":"An unhandled exception in check_ignored() in apport/report.py can be exploited by a local attacker to cause a denial of service. If the mtime attribute is a string value in apport-ignore.xml, it will trigger an unhandled exception, resulting in a crash. Fixed in 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.24, 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.16, 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.6.","published":"2020-08-06T23:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:57:05.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@ubuntu.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-755"],"affected":["canonical/apport","canonical/ubuntu linux"],"epss":{"score":0.00432,"percentile":0.3733,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.43%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://launchpad.net/bugs/1877023","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@ubuntu.com"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4449-1","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@ubuntu.com"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4449-1/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@ubuntu.com"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4449-2/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@ubuntu.com"},{"url":"https://launchpad.net/bugs/1877023","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4449-1","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4449-1/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4449-2/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15701","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}