{"cve":"CVE-2017-14180","nvd":{"published":"2018-02-02T14:29:00.467","modified":"2026-06-17T01:05:44.120","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-400"],"references":["https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~apport-hackers/apport/trunk/revision/3171","https://launchpad.net/bugs/1726372","https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/?cve=CVE-2017-14180","https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3480-1","http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/9"],"products":["apport_project:apport","canonical:ubuntu_linux"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:48:34.567387330+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2017-14180","score":0.0044,"percentile":0.38234,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}