CVE-2014-3532

dbus 1.3.0 before 1.6.22 and 1.8.x before 1.8.6, when running on Linux 2.6.37-rc4 or later, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system-bus disconnect of other services or applications) by sending a message containing a file descriptor, then exceeding the maximum recursion depth before the initial message is forwarded.

Published: 2014-07-19 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-3532 is rated Low Risk (18.5/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.12%). 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-2014-3532

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 0.20% 0.12% -0.07%
2 2024-12-11 0.06% 0.20% +0.14%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.06% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-3532

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-3532

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-3532

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-3532 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-2014-3532
gentoo normal CVE-2014-3532: 1 GLSA(s) (201412-12), 1 atom(s) (sys-apps/dbus); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2014-3532
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3532
suse medium CVE-2014-3532 severity moderate: SUSE including 73 source package names (dbus-1, dbus-1-1.10.12-2.1, …), 103 product×package rows across 27 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1, … (27 product lines)): Fixed 100, Known Not Affected 3. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3532/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-3532 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (dbus), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, saucy, trusty, upstream): released 4, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3532

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-3532

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
freedesktop dbus >= 1.3.0, < 1.6.22 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus >= 1.8.0, < 1.8.6 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 12.3 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mageia mageia 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:mageia:mageia:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mageia mageia 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:mageia:mageia:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle solaris 11.3 cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-3532

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