dbus: denial of service by queuing or splitting file descriptors
Published Oct 25, 2014
1.9
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.51%
Description
D-Bus 1.3.0 through 1.6.x before 1.6.24 and 1.8.x before 1.8.8 allows local users to (1) cause a denial of service (prevention of new connections and connection drop) by queuing the maximum number of file descriptors or (2) cause a denial of service (disconnect) via multiple messages that combine to have more than the allowed number of file descriptors for a single sendmsg call.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≤ 1.6.22
- 1.8.0
- 1.8.2
- 1.8.4
- 1.8.6
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
dbus
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
dbus
Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
dbus
Under investigation
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | dbus | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | dbus | Under investigation | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | dbus | Under investigation | 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:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
NoneAutomatable
NoTechnical Impact
PartialDecision
n/aAssessed Feb 26, 2024 · SSVC 2.0.3
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 | 0.51% (0.00508) | 41.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.53% (0.00528) | 40.27th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00063) | 16.79th | 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 (13)
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0395.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00049.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61378 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3026 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:176 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/16/9 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030864 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2352-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3636 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=82820 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1140525 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3636
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3636
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0395.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00049.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/61378 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3026 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:176 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/16/9 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030864 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2352-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3636 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=82820 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1140525 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3636 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3636 |
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