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title: "CVE-2022-28653\n    | Ubuntu"
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-28653?format=md
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# CVE-2022-28653

Publication date 17 May 2022

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**7.5 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-28653?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

Users can consume unlimited disk space in /var/crash

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-28653?format=md#notes)

## Mitigation

Disable Apport in /etc/default/apport and with systemctl disable
apport.service.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| apport | 24.04 LTS noble | Ignored |
| 23.10 mantic | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 23.04 lunar | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 22.10 kinetic | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored |
| 21.10 impish | Ignored end of life |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored end of standard support, was needed |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

This is only an issue in restricted environments that use disk
quotas to limit the amount of disk space being used by users.
We will not be fixing this issue, and environments where this
is an issue are recommended to disable Apport in
/etc/default/apport and with systemctl disable apport.service.

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

7.5 · High

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 7.5 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-28653)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28653)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2022-28653)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-28653)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-28653>