CVE-2014-3637 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in D-Bus versions 1.3.0 through 1.6.x before 1.6.24 and 1.8.x before 1.8.8, affecting freedesktop and openSUSE implementations. A local attacker can exploit this by sending a D-Bus message with a connection file descriptor, preventing proper connection closure for terminated processes. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), indicating local access, low attack complexity, no authentication, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
1.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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