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CVE-2014-3636

D-Bus 1.3.0 through 1.6.x before 1.6.24 and 1.8.x before 1.8.8 allows local users to (1) cause a denial of service (prevention of new connections and connection drop) by queuing the maximum number of file descriptors or (2) cause a denial of service (disconnect) via multiple messages that combine to have more than the allowed number of file descriptors for a single sendmsg call.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2014-3636 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 3 products from d-bus_project, from freedesktop, from opensuse organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2014, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2014-10-25T20:55:07.973

Last Modified

2026-06-17T00:08:39.837

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 1.9 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-399

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	d-bus_project	d-bus	≤ 1.6.22	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

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0395.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00049.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/61378 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3026 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:176 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/16/9 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030864 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2352-1 ([email protected])
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=82820 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0395.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00049.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/61378 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3026 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:176 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/16/9 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030864 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2352-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=82820 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For d-bus_project's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.