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CVE-2017-14177
Apport through 2.20.7 does not properly handle core dumps from setuid binaries allowing local users to create certain files as root which…
High7.8EPSS 0.39%
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Description
Apport through 2.20.7 does not properly handle core dumps from setuid binaries 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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-1324.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.39% · top 67% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- Denial of service via resource exhaustion and privilege escalation
- CWE-400 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-400 and its CVEs
Affected products
Apport
- affected through 2.20.7
References (4)
- https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/?cve=CVE-2017-14177 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~apport-hackers/apport/trunk/revision/3171 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-3480-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/1726372 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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