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.
2014-09-22T15:55:07.983
2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Deferred
CVSSv2: 4.4 (MEDIUM)
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
3.4
6.4
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | d-bus_project | d-bus | ≤ 1.6.22 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.6.0 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.6.2 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.6.4 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.6.6 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.6.8 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.6.10 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.6.12 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.6.14 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.6.16 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.6.18 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.6.20 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.8.0 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.8.2 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.8.4 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.8.6 | Yes |
| Operating System | opensuse | opensuse | 12.3 | Yes |