{"id":"CVE-2021-25683","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-25683","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:32:37.907Z","title":"It was discovered that the get_starttime() function in data/apport did not properly parse the /proc/pid/stat file from the kernel.","description":"It was discovered that the get_starttime() function in data/apport did not properly parse the /proc/pid/stat file from the kernel.","published":"2021-06-11T03:15:07.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:42:21.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@ubuntu.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["canonical/apport"],"epss":{"score":0.00432,"percentile":0.37253,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.43%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1912326","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@ubuntu.com"},{"url":"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1912326","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25683","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."}