CVE-2014-3532
dbus: denial of service in file descriptor passing feature
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · July 2, 2014
Updated · November 21, 2025
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.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWE not specified