Vulnerability in Freedesktop Dbus

CVE-2022-42011

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 where an array length is inconsistent with the size of the element type.

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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: 0.018 (78.1th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 78.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2022-42011: held from 0.014 to 0.018.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.018 · change: +0.004

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-42011?
CVE-2022-42011 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Dbus, classified under Improper Validation of Array Index. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-10-10.
How severe is CVE-2022-42011?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-42011 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.