CVE-2022-42011

dbus: dbus-daemon can be crashed by messages with array length inconsistent with element type

Loading…

Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.5

CVSS 3.1

Review impact separately from score.

Published · October 5, 2022

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

A vulnerability found in D-bus. This flaw allows an authenticated attacker to cause dbus-daemon and other programs that use libdbus to crash when receiving a message whose array length is inconsistent with the size of the element type.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption