{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2022-42012","details":"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 by sending a message with attached file descriptors in an unexpected format.","modified":"2026-02-04T04:27:14.696246Z","published":"2022-10-10T00:15:00Z","related":["USN-5704-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2022-42012"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-42012"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/dbus/dbus/-/issues/417"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5704-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-42012"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"dbus","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/dbus@1.6.18-0ubuntu4.5+esm3?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.6.18-0ubuntu4.5+esm3"}]}],"versions":["1.6.12-0ubuntu10","1.6.18-0ubuntu1","1.6.18-0ubuntu2","1.6.18-0ubuntu3","1.6.18-0ubuntu4","1.6.18-0ubuntu4.1","1.6.18-0ubuntu4.2","1.6.18-0ubuntu4.3","1.6.18-0ubuntu4.4","1.6.18-0ubuntu4.5","1.6.18-0ubuntu4.5+esm1","1.6.18-0ubuntu4.5+esm2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.6.18-0ubuntu4.5+esm3","binary_name":"dbus"},{"binary_version":"1.6.18-0ubuntu4.5+esm3","binary_name":"dbus-x11"},{"binary_version":"1.6.18-0ubuntu4.5+esm3","binary_name":"libdbus-1-3"},{"binary_version":"1.6.18-0ubuntu4.5+esm3","binary_name":"libdbus-1-dev"}],"availability":"Available 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