CVE-2022-28653

Users can consume unlimited disk space in /var/crash

Published: 2025-01-31 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-28653 is rated Moderate Risk (40.2/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.37%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-28653

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.19% 0.37% +0.18%
2 2026-03-11 0.28% 0.19% -0.08%
3 2025-11-27 — 0.28% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-28653

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-28653

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-28653

vendor priority summary link
suse low CVE-2022-28653 severity low: SUSE including 1 source package names (apport-crashdb-sle), 1 product×package rows across 1 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS): Known Not Affected 1. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-28653/
ubuntu low CVE-2022-28653 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (apport), 11 status rows across 11 suites (bionic, focal, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 10, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-28653

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-28653

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
canonical apport < 2.21.0 cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-28653

URL Tags
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-28653 Third Party Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence