CVE-2022-28652 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

~/.config/apport/settings parsing is vulnerable to "billion laughs" attack

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Apport Project	Apport
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04::::esm:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:21.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04::::lts:::

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5427-1
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-28652

History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00041}`	epss `{'score': 0.0005}`

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published: 2024-06-04T21:38:44.324Z

Updated: 2025-03-13T18:21:18.146Z

Reserved: 2022-04-05T02:16:30.818Z

Link: CVE-2022-28652

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T05:56:16.323Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-06-04T22:15:09.780

Modified: 2025-03-13T19:15:38.803

Link: CVE-2022-28652

Redhat

No data.

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