What is CVE-2017-14178?

CVE-2017-14178 is a high-severity vulnerability in Snapcraft Snapd, classified under Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-02-02.

How severe is CVE-2017-14178?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Snapcraft Snapd

CVE-2017-14178

In snapd 2.27 through 2.29.2 the 'snap logs' command could be made to call journalctl without match arguments and therefore allow unprivileged, unauthenticated users to bypass systemd-journald's access restrictions.

Published 2018-02-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.018 (77.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 77.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Snapcraft Snapd
Snapd — versions 2.27 through 2.29.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-755 — Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

References

people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-14178.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
launchpad.net/bugs/1730255 (Patch, Issue Tracking)
github.com/snapcore/snapd/pull/4194 (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14178?: CVE-2017-14178 is a high-severity vulnerability in Snapcraft Snapd, classified under Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-02-02.
How severe is CVE-2017-14178?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.