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CVE-2017-14179

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.36%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-02-02 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2017-14179
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.36%

Original NVD Description

Apport before 2.13 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, possibly gain root privileges, or escape from containers.

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