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Unscored USN-2569-1 1 CVE

apport vulnerability

Published Apr 14, 2015 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

Stéphane Graber and Tavis Ormandy independently discovered that Apport
incorrectly handled the crash reporting feature. A local attacker could use
this issue to gain elevated privileges.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS apport 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.9

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2015-1318 Public exploit

    The crash reporting feature in Apport 2.13 through 2.17.x before 2.17.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a cra…

    apport Ubuntu

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1318