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CVE-2014-3635

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-3635 is an off-by-one error in D-Bus versions 1.3.0 through 1.6.x before 1.6.24 and 1.8.x before 1.8.8, affecting various D-Bus implementations including those in openSUSE. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or potentially execute arbitrary code on 64-bit systems where the max_message_unix_fds limit is set to an odd number. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.4, indicating a medium attack complexity with potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.6.22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:d-bus_project:d-bus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.4MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
39.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0049 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: dbus

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-3635Moderate

dbus: heap-based buffer overflow flaw in file descriptor passing

Sep 16, 2014

References

advisories.mageia.org / MGASA-2014-0395.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00049.html
bugs.freedesktop.org / show_bug.cgi
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/61378
debian.org / security/2014/dsa-3026
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/09/16/9
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
securitytracker.com / id/1030864
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2352-1