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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…
- 1.9LowCVSS base score
- 0.38%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 67% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low1.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.38% · top 67% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
16
- DSA-2707 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- FEDORA-2013-11142 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:1239 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- MDVSA-2013:177 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1118 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 53317 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2013-11198 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=974109 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16881 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 1028667 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/dbus/dbus/commit/?id=954d75b2b64e4799f360d2a6bf9cff6d9fee37e7 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-1874-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20130613 CVE-2013-2168: dbus: DoS in system services caused by _dbus_printf_string_upper_bound (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 53832 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [dbus] 20130613 CVE-2013-2168: dbus: DoS in system services caused by _dbus_printf_string_upper_bound (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 60546 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2013-2128 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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