CVE-2022-1242 describes a vulnerability in Canonical Apport, affecting Ubuntu Linux, where the software can be manipulated to connect to arbitrary sockets as the root user. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.8) has a local attack vector with low complexity, allowing an authenticated attacker to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.21.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
20.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
21.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:21.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
22.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/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.