dbus: denial of service in method call handling
Published Sep 22, 2014
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.39%
Description
The bus_connections_check_reply function in config-parser.c in D-Bus before 1.6.24 and 1.8.x before 1.8.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large number of method calls.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≤ 1.6.22
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.2
- 1.6.4
- 1.6.6
- 1.6.8
- 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
- 1.8.6
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
dbus
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
dbus
Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
dbus
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | dbus | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | dbus | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | dbus | Affected | 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 | 0.39% (0.00388) | 30.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00388) | 30.37th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.09% (0.00092) | 23.86th | 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-2014-0395.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00026.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- 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://secunia.com/advisories/61431 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-2014-3638 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81053 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1140529 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3638
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3638
Change history (0)
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