CVE-2022-1242 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Apport can be tricked into connecting to arbitrary sockets as the root user

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Canonical	Apport Ubuntu Linux

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:::::::*
	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-2022-1242

History

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Canonical Canonical apport Canonical ubuntu Linux
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:21.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04::::lts:::
Vendors & Products		Canonical Canonical apport Canonical ubuntu Linux

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.0004}`	epss `{'score': 0.00061}`

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-20
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published: 2024-06-03T18:48:02.281Z

Updated: 2025-03-27T19:31:12.082Z

Reserved: 2022-04-05T14:45:10.551Z

Link: CVE-2022-1242

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T23:55:24.448Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-06-03T19:15:09.143

Modified: 2025-08-22T15:48:00.753

Link: CVE-2022-1242

Redhat

No data.

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