dbus: local denial of service via incomplete fix for CVE-2014-3636
Published Nov 18, 2014
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.59%
Description
D-Bus 1.3.0 through 1.6.x before 1.6.26, 1.8.x before 1.8.10, and 1.9.x before 1.9.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (prevention of new connections and connection drop) by queuing the maximum number of file descriptors. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-3636.1.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 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
- 1.6.22
- 1.6.24
- 1.8.0
- 1.8.2
- 1.8.4
- 1.8.6
- 1.8.8
- 1.9.0
Configuration 2
- 7.0
- 8.0
Configuration 3
- 3
- 4
Configuration 4
- 12.04
- 14.04
- 14.10
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
dbus
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
dbus
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | dbus | Not 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 | 0.59% (0.00594) | 46.41th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.59% (0.00594) | 43.53th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.09% (0.00089) | 23.13th | 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-2014-0457.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62603 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3099 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/2014/11/10/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71012 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2425-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7824 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85105 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1173555 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98576 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7824
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7824
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0457.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/62603 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3099 | 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/2014/11/10/2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploit | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71012 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2425-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7824 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85105 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1173555 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98576 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7824 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7824 |
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