CVE-2022-42011: Auth Crash in dbus-daemon/libdbus before 1.12.24/1.14.4/1.15.2
CVE-2022-42011 Published on October 10, 2022
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2022-42011 can be exploited with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is an out-of-bounds array index Vulnerability?
The product uses untrusted input when calculating or using an array index, but the product does not validate or incorrectly validates the index to ensure the index references a valid position within the array.
CVE-2022-42011 has been classified to as an out-of-bounds array index vulnerability or weakness.
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Exploit Probability
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