CVE-2014-3638 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in D-Bus versions prior to 1.6.24 and 1.8.8, affecting various D-Bus implementations including those from freedesktop and openSUSE. A local attacker can exploit this flaw by making numerous method calls, leading to excessive CPU consumption. The vulnerability has a low severity rating (CVSS 2.1) due to its local attack vector and limited impact (denial of service), with no confidentiality or integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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