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CVE-2014-3532

11
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-3532 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in dbus versions 1.3.0 before 1.6.22 and 1.8.x before 1.8.6, specifically when running on Linux kernel 2.6.37-rc4 or later. A local attacker can exploit this by sending a message with a file descriptor and then exceeding the maximum recursion depth, leading to a system-bus disconnect for other services or applications. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1, indicating low severity. It requires local access (AV:L), has low attack complexity (AC:L), and does not require authentication (Au:N). The primary impact is a partial denial of service (A:P) with no impact on confidentiality or integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no exploit code is publicly available through Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, suggesting low awareness and interest in this particular CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.3.0, < 1.6.22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.8.0, < 1.8.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:mageia:mageia:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
36.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0045 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 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 (3)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: dbus
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: dbus
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: dbus

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-3532Moderate

dbus: denial of service in file descriptor passing feature

Jul 2, 2014

References

advisories.mageia.org / MGASA-2014-0294.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00049.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/4
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugs.freedesktop.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/59611
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/59798
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/60236
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2014/dsa-2971
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
Third Party Advisory