Vulnerability in Freedesktop Dbus
CVE-2022-42010
An issue was discovered in D-Bus before 1.12.24, 1.13.x and 1.14.x before 1.14.4, and 1.15.x before 1.15.2. An authenticated attacker can cause dbus-daemon and other programs that use libdbus to crash when receiving a message with certain invalid type signatures.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.011 (66.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 66.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.011 · change: +0.002
Affected products
- Freedesktop Dbus
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 35, 36, 37
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- gitlab.freedesktop.org/dbus/dbus/-/issues/418 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/10/06/1 (Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory, Mailing List)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory, Mailing List)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory, Mailing List)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-08 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-42010?
- CVE-2022-42010 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Dbus, classified under Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-10-10.
- How severe is CVE-2022-42010?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-42010 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.