CVE-2022-28656 is a vulnerability in Apport, affecting apport_project apport, apport_project ubuntu_linux, canonical apport, and canonical ubuntu_linux, where the is_closing_session() function allows a local attacker to consume excessive RAM, leading to a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), it requires local access and has low attack complexity, resulting in high availability impact but no confidentiality or integrity impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.21.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* | ||
20.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
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:N/I:N/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.