CVE-2016-9951 describes a vulnerability in Apport before version 2.20.4, affecting the Apport project's crash reporting tool. A malicious Apport crash file could contain a restart command in the `RespawnCommand` or `ProcCmdline` fields, which would execute if a user clicked the "Relaunch" button. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction to achieve high availability impact. The fix involved restricting the "Relaunch" button to locally generated crash files. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-40937) exists for local code execution. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.20.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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