CVE-2008-3834 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the D-Bus library (libdbus) versions prior to 1.2.4, affecting freedesktop dbus and dbus1.x. Remote attackers can trigger an application abort by sending a message with a malformed signature, leading to a failed assertion error. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a partial availability impact. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or inclusion in the KEV catalog, a proof-of-concept exploit exists on ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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