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TI-2022-20346 Aliases CVE-2022-42011GHSA-3g2p-5q22-h774

An issue was discovered in D-Bus before 1.12.24, 1.13.x and 1.14.x before 1.14.4, and…

Priority LOW 32CWE-129Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 8 fixed, 2 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-129 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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 when receiving a message where an array length is inconsistent with the size of the element type.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01768 78th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Partial Red Hat: 4 advisoriesRed Hat: 8 fixed, 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 4

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 1.12.24; 1.13.0 to before 1.14.4; 1.15.0 to before 1.15.2VulnerableFreedesktop
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*35VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*36VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*37VulnerableFedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.12.24; 1.13.0 to before 1.14.4; 1.15.0 to before 1.15.2 Vulnerable ·Freedesktop
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 35 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 36 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 37 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject

Remediation

Red Hat 4 advisories

  • RHSA-2023:0335 Released 2023-01-23 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    dbus security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) dbus-daemon-1:1.12.20-7.el9_1, dbus-devel-1:1.12.20-7.el9_1, dbus-x11-1:1.12.20-7.el9_1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) dbus-1:1.12.20-7.el9_1, dbus-common-1:1.12.20-7.el9_1, dbus-libs-1:1.12.20-7.el9_1 +1
  • RHSA-2023:0096 Released 2023-01-12 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    dbus security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) dbus-devel-1:1.12.8-23.el8_7.1, dbus-x11-1:1.12.8-23.el8_7.1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) dbus-1:1.12.8-23.el8_7.1, dbus-common-1:1.12.8-23.el8_7.1, dbus-daemon-1:1.12.8-23.el8_7.1 +2
  • RHSA-2022:8977 Released 2022-12-13 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    dbus security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.0) dbus-daemon-1:1.12.20-5.el9_0.1, dbus-devel-1:1.12.20-5.el9_0.1, dbus-x11-1:1.12.20-5.el9_0.1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0) dbus-1:1.12.20-5.el9_0.1, dbus-common-1:1.12.20-5.el9_0.1, dbus-libs-1:1.12.20-5.el9_0.1 +1
Show 1 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2022:8812 Released 2022-12-06 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    dbus security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6) dbus-devel-1:1.12.8-18.el8_6.2, dbus-x11-1:1.12.8-18.el8_6.2
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6) dbus-1:1.12.8-18.el8_6.2, dbus-common-1:1.12.8-18.el8_6.2, dbus-daemon-1:1.12.8-18.el8_6.2 +2

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2023:0096
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2023:0335
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6)Fixed RHSA-2022:8812
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.0)Fixed RHSA-2022:8977
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2023:0096
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2023:0335
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6)Fixed RHSA-2022:8812
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0)Fixed RHSA-2022:8977

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-42011
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3g2p-5q22-h774

References

Exploit 1

Patch 1

Advisory 4

Sources

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