CVE-2014-3532

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Published 2014-07-19 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

2.1

Description

dbus 1.3.0 before 1.6.22 and 1.8.x before 1.8.6, when running on Linux 2.6.37-rc4 or later, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system-bus disconnect of other services or applications) by sending a message containing a file descriptor, then exceeding the maximum recursion depth before the initial message is forwarded.

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

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
12.3	Affected	—

Debian Mixed 6 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1.8.6-1`
sid	Fixed	`1.8.6-1`
forky	Fixed	`1.8.6-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`1.8.6-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`1.8.6-1`
7.0	Affected	—

Linux kernel Fixed 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
2.6.37	Not affected	—
—	Not affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
freedesktop	dbus	`{"startIncluding":"1.3.0","endExcluding":"1.6.22"}`	`1.6.22`

References

CWEs

CWE-20

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

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