High severity · published Jun 11, 2021
CVE-2021-25684
It was discovered that apport in data/apport did not properly open a report file to prevent hanging reads on a FIFO
7.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
It was discovered that apport in data/apport did not properly open a report file to prevent hanging reads on a FIFO.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 47% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AP
Apport · Canonical
2.20.1-0ubuntu1 before 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30; 2.20.9-0ubuntu1 before 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.23; 2.20.11-0ubuntu27 before 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.16; 2.20.11-0ubuntu50 before 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25684
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-25684
Exploit
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1912326
seclists.org
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/9
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