CVE-2021-25683 is a high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) affecting Canonical Apport, stemming from improper parsing of the /proc/pid/stat file by the get_starttime() function. This local vulnerability allows an attacker with low privileges to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, indicating no active exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2.20.1, < 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.20.11-0ubuntu27, < 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.16CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.20.11-0ubuntu50, < 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.5CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.20.9, < 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.23CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.20.1-0ubuntu1, < 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.