dbus: denial of service when forwarding invalid file descriptors
Published Jul 19, 2014
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.42%
Description
dbus 1.3.0 before 1.6.22 and 1.8.x before 1.8.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (disconnect) via a certain sequence of crafted messages that cause the dbus-daemon to forward a message containing an invalid file descriptor.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 7.0
Configuration 2
- 1.3.0
- 1.3.1
- 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
- 1.4.22
- 1.4.24
- 1.4.26
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.2
- 1.5.4
- 1.5.6
- 1.5.8
- 1.5.10
- 1.5.12
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.2
- 1.6.10
- 1.6.12
- 1.6.14
- 1.6.16
- 1.6.18
- 1.6.20
- 1.8.0
- 1.8.2
- 1.8.4
Configuration 3
- 3
- 4
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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.42% (0.00417) | 33.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.42% (0.00417) | 33.12th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.11% (0.00106) | 26.33th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | 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 (15)
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0294.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00049.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59611 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59798 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60236 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2971 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:176 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3533 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79694 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80469 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1114416 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3533
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3533
Change history (0)
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