CVE-2019-11483

7.0 HIGH
Published: February 08, 2020 Modified: November 03, 2025

Description

Sander Bos discovered Apport mishandled crash dumps originating from containers. This could be used by a local attacker to generate a crash report for a privileged process that is readable by an unprivileged user.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-1
Source: security@ubuntu.com
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-2
Source: security@ubuntu.com
Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/9
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

5 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.0 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
22th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

apport_project canonical