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CVE-2016-9949
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-12-17T03:59:00.297 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:56:49.167

Summary

An issue was discovered in Apport before 2.20.4. In apport/ui.py, Apport reads the CrashDB field and it then evaluates the field as Python code if it begins with a "{". This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Python code.

Affected products

apport_project — apport

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References

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