CVE-2013-2168

Severity: low (CVSS 1.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-07-03 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The _dbus_printf_string_upper_bound function in dbus/dbus-sysdeps-unix.c in D-Bus (aka DBus) 1.4.x before 1.4.26, 1.6.x before 1.6.12, and 1.7.x before 1.7.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (service crash) via a crafted message.

Affected products

Freedesktop Dbus: 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.4, 1.4.6, 1.4.8, 1.4.10 (+15)
Opensuse: 12.3

References

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/dbus/dbus/commit/?id=954d75b2b64e4799f360d2a6bf9cff6d9fee37e7
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-June/109896.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-June/110114.html
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dbus/2013-June/015696.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-07/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00049.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/53317
http://secunia.com/advisories/53832
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2707
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:177
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/13/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60546

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