Description
~/.config/apport/settings parsing is vulnerable to "billion laughs" attack
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5427-1
Third Party Advisory issue-tracking
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-28652
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0020
EPSS Percentile
9.8%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-776
Status
published
Products (5)
apport_project/apport
< 2.21.0
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
20.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
21.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux
22.04
Published
Jun 04, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026