CVE-2017-14180

Published Feb 2, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-5690 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3480-1 Apport vulnerabilities
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
canonical
Published
Updated
Nov 3, 2025, 7:25 PM
Reserved
Sep 7, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 2, 2018, 2:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:05 AM