High severity · published Jan 31, 2025
CVE-2022-28653
Users can consume unlimited disk space in /var/crash
7.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 34% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AP
Apport · Canonical Ltd.
before 2.21.0 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28653
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-28653
Third Party Advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-28653
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