CVE-2017-14180

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-400

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Feb 2, 2018
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2017-14180: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix