CVE-2013-2168

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.

Published: 2013-07-03 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-2168 is rated Low Risk (15.8/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.09%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-2168

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.09% +0.05%
2 2023-03-07 1.55% 0.04% -1.50%
3 2022-02-04 — 1.55% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-2168

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
1.9 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.4 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-2168

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-2168

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-2168 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (dbus), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2168
gentoo normal CVE-2013-2168: 1 GLSA(s) (201308-02), 1 atom(s) (sys-apps/dbus); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-2168
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2168
suse low CVE-2013-2168 severity low: SUSE including 70 source package names (dbus-1-1.10.12-2.1, dbus-1-1.12.2-1.76, …), 100 product×package rows across 26 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1, … (26 product lines)): Fixed 100. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2168/
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-2168 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (dbus), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-2168

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-2168

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
freedesktop dbus 1.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.4.6 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.4.8 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.4.10 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.4.12 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.4.14 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.4.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.4.16 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.4.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.4.18 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.4.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.4.20 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.4.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.4.24 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.4.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.6.6 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.6.8 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.6.10 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.6.16 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.6.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 12.3 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-2168

URL Tags
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 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/53832 Vendor Advisory
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
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028667
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1874-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=974109
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16881
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