CVE-2010-1172

low

Published 2010-08-20 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

3.6

Description

DBus-GLib 0.73 disregards the access flag of exported GObject properties, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and possibly cause a denial of service by modifying properties, as demonstrated by properties of the (1) DeviceKit-Power, (2) NetworkManager, and (3) ModemManager services.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`0.88-1`
sid	Fixed	`0.88-1`
forky	Fixed	`0.88-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`0.88-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`0.88-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
freedesktop	dbus-glib	`0.73`

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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