CVE-2014-3637

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 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: 2014-09-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-17

Description

D-Bus 1.3.0 through 1.6.x before 1.6.24 and 1.8.x before 1.8.8 does not properly close connections for processes that have terminated, which allows local users to cause a denial of service via a D-bus message containing a D-Bus connection file descriptor.

Affected products

Freedesktop Dbus: 1.3.0, 1.3.1, 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.4, 1.4.6 (+33)
Opensuse: 12.3

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0395.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00049.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/61378
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3026
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:176
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/16/9
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/24/13
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/24/14
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030864
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2352-1
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80559
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0395.html

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