CVE-2014-3635

Published: Sep 22, 2014Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-119

4.4MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

Description

Off-by-one error in D-Bus 1.3.0 through 1.6.x before 1.6.24 and 1.8.x before 1.8.8, when running on a 64-bit system and the max_message_unix_fds limit is set to an odd number, allows local users to cause a denial of service (dbus-daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by sending one more file descriptor than the limit, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow or an assertion failure.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:LAccess Vector

Local

AC:MAccess Complexity

Medium

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:PConfidentiality

Partial

I:PIntegrity

Partial

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

d-bus project

oss-projectaka freedesktop

d-busLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

freedesktop

oss-projectaka freedesktop.org

dbus

OSS Libraries

opensuse

oss-project·DE

opensuseOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

Gentoo Foundation Inc.

oss-project·US

Gentoo LinuxOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

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Exploitability

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Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques

Initial Access

Privilege Escalation

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References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0395.html

advisories.mageia.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00049.html

lists.opensuse.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/61378

secunia.com

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