dbus: denial of service in file descriptor passing feature
Published Jul 19, 2014
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.45%
Description
dbus 1.3.0 before 1.6.22 and 1.8.x before 1.8.6, when running on Linux 2.6.37-rc4 or later, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system-bus disconnect of other services or applications) by sending a message containing a file descriptor, then exceeding the maximum recursion depth before the initial message is forwarded.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≥ 1.3.0 · < 1.6.22
- ≥ 1.8.0 · < 1.8.6
Running on/with
- ≥ 2.6.38
- 2.6.37
- 2.6.37
- 2.6.37
- 2.6.37
- 2.6.37
- 2.6.37
Configuration 3
- 7.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
dbus
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
dbus
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
dbus
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | dbus | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | dbus | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | dbus | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
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:L/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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.45% (0.00446) | 36.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.45% (0.00446) | 35.26th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.12% (0.00123) | 28.95th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.20% (0.00197) | 58.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 10, 2024 | 0.08% (0.00085) | 36.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 0.08% (0.00085) | 34.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 13, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 23.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 9, 2023 | 0.07% (0.00071) | 29.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00061) | 24.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0294.html x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00049.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59611 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59798 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60236 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2971 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:176 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAThird Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3532 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80163 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1114414 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3532
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3532
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.