CVE-2014-7824

Exp

D-Bus 1.3.0 through 1.6.x before 1.6.26, 1.8.x before 1.8.10, and 1.9.x before 1.9.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (prevention of new connections and connection drop) by queuing the maximum number of file descriptors. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-3636.1.

Published: 2014-11-18 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-7824 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.59%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-7824

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-7824

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 2026-06-15 0.09% 0.59% +0.51%
2 2025-03-30 0.17% 0.09% -0.08%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.17% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-7824

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-2014-7824

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-7824

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-7824 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-2014-7824
gentoo normal CVE-2014-7824: 1 GLSA(s) (201412-12), 1 atom(s) (sys-apps/dbus); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2014-7824
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7824
suse medium — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7824/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-7824 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (dbus), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic): released 4, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-7824

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-7824

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
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 1.6.12 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.6.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.6.14 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.6.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.6.16 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.6.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.6.18 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.6.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.6.20 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.6.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.6.22 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.6.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.6.24 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.6.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.8.6 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.8.8 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mageia_project mageia 3 cpe:2.3:o:mageia_project:mageia:3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mageia_project mageia 4 cpe:2.3:o:mageia_project:mageia:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-7824

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