CVE-2013-2168 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in D-Bus versions 1.4.x, 1.6.x, and 1.7.x, affecting products like freedesktop dbus and openSUSE. A local attacker can exploit a flaw in the _dbus_printf_string_upper_bound function by sending a crafted message, causing the service to crash. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 1.9, indicating a local attack vector with medium complexity and only a partial impact on availability. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
1.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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