CVE-2022-42012

MEDIUM

Freedesktop Dbus < 1.12.24 - Improper Input Validation

Title source: rule

Description

An issue was discovered in D-Bus before 1.12.24, 1.13.x and 1.14.x before 1.14.4, and 1.15.x before 1.15.2. An authenticated attacker can cause dbus-daemon and other programs that use libdbus to crash by sending a message with attached file descriptors in an unexpected format.

References (6)

[Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/dbus/dbus/-/issues/417

[Mailing List] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/E4CO7N226I3X5FNBR2MACCH6TS764VJP/

[Mailing List] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ND74SKN56BCYL3QLEAAB6E64UUBRA5UG/

[Mailing List] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SQCSLMCK2XGX23R2DKW2MSAICQAK6MT2/

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-08

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/10/06/1

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0017

EPSS Percentile 37.8%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-20

Status published

Affected Products (4)

freedesktop/dbus < 1.12.24

fedoraproject/fedora

fedoraproject/fedora

fedoraproject/fedora

Timeline

Published Oct 10, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026