CVE-2021-25684 (GCVE-0-2021-25684)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-06-11 02:20
Modified
2025-11-03 19:25
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Summary
It was discovered that apport in data/apport did not properly open a report file to prevent hanging reads on a FIFO.
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Impacted products
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