dbus: Crash of system services that use libdbus (DoS) due to non-portable use of va_list in UNIX format string wrapper
Published Jul 3, 2013
1.9
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.38%
Description
The _dbus_printf_string_upper_bound function in dbus/dbus-sysdeps-unix.c in D-Bus (aka DBus) 1.4.x before 1.4.26, 1.6.x before 1.6.12, and 1.7.x before 1.7.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (service crash) via a crafted message.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 1.4.0
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.4
- 1.4.6
- 1.4.8
- 1.4.10
- 1.4.12
- 1.4.14
- 1.4.16
- 1.4.18
- 1.4.20
- 1.4.24
Configuration 2
- 1.7.0
- 1.7.2
Configuration 3
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.2
- 1.6.4
- 1.6.6
- 1.6.8
- 1.6.10
- 1.6.16
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
dbus
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
dbus
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | dbus | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | dbus | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of dbus as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 as they did not include the upstream commit 7fc9c026669976463adcd1e02ad19c582ed27289 that introduced this issue.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.38% (0.00383) | 29.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.38% (0.00383) | 29.89th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.09% (0.00090) | 23.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 11.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 2, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 8.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (19)
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/dbus/dbus/commit/?id=954d75b2b64e4799f360d2a6bf9cff6d9fee37e7 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-June/109896.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-June/110114.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dbus/2013-June/015696.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-07/msg00003.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00049.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53317 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53832 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2707 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:177 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/13/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60546 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028667 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1874-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2168 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=974109 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2168
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16881 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2168
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