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CVE-2022-42012

Published: Oct 10, 2022 | Modified: Jun 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
6.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42012
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/.html

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 by sending a message with attached file descriptors in an unexpected format.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
DbusFreedesktop*1.12.24 (excluding)
DbusFreedesktop1.13.0 (including)1.14.4 (excluding)
DbusFreedesktop1.15.0 (including)1.15.2 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatdbus-1:1.12.8-23.el8_7.1*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatdbus-1:1.12.8-23.el8_7.1*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update SupportRedHatdbus-1:1.12.8-18.el8_6.2*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9RedHatdbus-1:1.12.20-7.el9_1*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9RedHatdbus-1:1.12.20-7.el9_1*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update SupportRedHatdbus-1:1.12.20-5.el9_0.1*
DbusUbuntubionic*
DbusUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
DbusUbuntuesm-infra/bionic*
DbusUbuntuesm-infra/focal*
DbusUbuntuesm-infra/xenial*
DbusUbuntufocal*
DbusUbuntujammy*
DbusUbuntukinetic*
DbusUbuntulunar*
DbusUbuntutrusty*
DbusUbuntutrusty/esm*
DbusUbuntuupstream*
DbusUbuntuxenial*

References

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