CVE-2017-10708: Apport Project Apport

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue was discovered in Apport through 2.20.x. In apport/report.py, Apport sets the ExecutablePath field and it then uses the path to run package specific hooks without protecting against path traversal. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .crash file.

Affected products

• Apport Project Apport: up to and including 2.20.6

Published 2017-07-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.