VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-14177

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.39%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-02-02
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-400

Primary references