Is CVE-2017-14177 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-14177 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-14177?

CVE-2017-14177 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-14177?

CVE-2017-14177 has an EPSS score of 0.40% (32th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-14177?

Upgrade apport on ubuntu 14.04 to 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.27 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-14177

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Apport through 2.20.7 does not properly handle core dumps from setuid binaries 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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-1324.

CWE-400Resource Exhaustion

How to fix

Remediation Available

apportUbuntu

Fixed in:2.14.1-0ubuntu3.27USN-3480-1

Fixed in:2.20.1-0ubuntu2.12USN-3480-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.40%probability of exploitation in 30 days

32ndpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 32% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory4

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CVE-2023-44487	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-44228	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2011-3192	High	7.8	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-11478	Medium	5.3	95%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-25617	Medium	5.3	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-1000115	High	7.5	89%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.