CVE catalog

CVE-2022-42012

dbus: CVE-2022-42012

Severity: Medium · CVSS 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published: Oct 6, 2022, 10:00:00 PM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 1.75% · Oct 25, 2026

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.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	dbus	sid	`1.16.2-8`	fixed
Debian	dbus	forky	`1.16.2-8`	fixed
Debian	dbus	trixie	`1.16.2-2`	fixed
Debian	dbus	bookworm	`1.14.10-1~deb12u1`	fixed
Ubuntu	dbus	pro	`1.10.0-1ubuntu1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	dbus	pro	`1.10.4-1ubuntu2`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	dbus	pro	`1.10.6-1ubuntu1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	dbus	pro	`1.10.6-1ubuntu2`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	dbus	pro	`1.10.6-1ubuntu3`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	dbus	pro	`1.10.6-1ubuntu3.1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	dbus	pro	`1.10.6-1ubuntu3.3`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	dbus	pro	`1.10.6-1ubuntu3.4`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	dbus	pro	`1.10.6-1ubuntu3.5`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	dbus	pro	`1.10.6-1ubuntu3.6`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	dbus	pro	`1.10.6-1ubuntu3.6+esm1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	dbus	pro	`1.10.6-1ubuntu3.6+esm2`	fixed
Ubuntu	dbus	18.04	`1.10.22-1ubuntu1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	dbus	18.04	`1.12.0-1ubuntu1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	dbus	18.04	`1.12.2-1ubuntu1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	dbus	18.04	`1.12.2-1ubuntu1.1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	dbus	18.04	`1.12.2-1ubuntu1.2`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	dbus	18.04	`1.12.2-1ubuntu1.3`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	dbus	18.04	`1.12.2-1ubuntu1.4`	fixed
Ubuntu	dbus	20.04	`1.12.14-1ubuntu2`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	dbus	20.04	`1.12.16-2ubuntu1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	dbus	20.04	`1.12.16-2ubuntu2`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	dbus	20.04	`1.12.16-2ubuntu2.1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	dbus	20.04	`1.12.16-2ubuntu2.2`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	dbus	20.04	`1.12.16-2ubuntu2.3`	fixed
Ubuntu	dbus	22.04	`1.12.20-2ubuntu2`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	dbus	22.04	`1.12.20-2ubuntu3`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	dbus	22.04	`1.12.20-2ubuntu4`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	dbus	22.04	`1.12.20-2ubuntu4.1`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	dbus	source	sid	`1.14.4-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	dbus	source	forky	`1.14.4-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	dbus	source	trixie	`1.14.4-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	dbus	source	bookworm	`1.14.4-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Ubuntu	dbus	deb	pro	`1.10.6-1ubuntu3.6+esm2`	Not reported	UBUNTU-CVE-2022-42012	Not reported
Ubuntu	dbus	deb	18.04	`1.12.2-1ubuntu1.4`	Not reported	UBUNTU-CVE-2022-42012	Not reported
Ubuntu	dbus	deb	20.04	`1.12.16-2ubuntu2.3`	Not reported	UBUNTU-CVE-2022-42012	Not reported
Ubuntu	dbus	deb	22.04	`1.12.20-2ubuntu4.1`	Not reported	UBUNTU-CVE-2022-42012	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[dbus]Fixed
Details (2)
- 1.14.10-1~deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.14.4-1
  dsa · dbus · debian · bookworm
- 1.14.10-1~deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.14.4-1
  dsa · dbus · debian · bookworm
[dbus-1-doc]Fixed
Source package: [dbus]
Details (2)
- 1.14.10-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.14.4-1
  dsa · dbus · debian · bookworm
- 1.14.10-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.14.4-1
  dsa · dbus · debian · bookworm
[dbus-bin]Fixed
Source package: [dbus]
Details (2)
- 1.14.10-1~deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.14.4-1
  dsa · dbus · debian · bookworm
- 1.14.10-1~deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.14.4-1
  dsa · dbus · debian · bookworm
[dbus-daemon]Fixed
Source package: [dbus]
Details (2)
- 1.14.10-1~deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.14.4-1
  dsa · dbus · debian · bookworm
- 1.14.10-1~deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.14.4-1
  dsa · dbus · debian · bookworm
[dbus-session-bus-common]Fixed
Source package: [dbus]
Details (2)
- 1.14.10-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.14.4-1
  dsa · dbus · debian · bookworm
- 1.14.10-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.14.4-1
  dsa · dbus · debian · bookworm
[dbus-system-bus-common]Fixed
Source package: [dbus]
Details (2)
- 1.14.10-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.14.4-1
  dsa · dbus · debian · bookworm
- 1.14.10-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.14.4-1
  dsa · dbus · debian · bookworm
[dbus-tests]Fixed
Source package: [dbus]
Details (2)
- 1.14.10-1~deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.14.4-1
  dsa · dbus · debian · bookworm
- 1.14.10-1~deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.14.4-1
  dsa · dbus · debian · bookworm
[dbus-user-session]Fixed
Source package: [dbus]
Details (2)
- 1.14.10-1~deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.14.4-1
  dsa · dbus · debian · bookworm
- 1.14.10-1~deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.14.4-1
  dsa · dbus · debian · bookworm
[dbus-x11]Fixed
Source package: [dbus]
Details (2)
- 1.14.10-1~deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.14.4-1
  dsa · dbus · debian · bookworm
- 1.14.10-1~deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.14.4-1
  dsa · dbus · debian · bookworm
[libdbus-1-3]Fixed
Source package: [dbus]
Details (2)
- 1.14.10-1~deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.14.4-1
  dsa · dbus · debian · bookworm
- 1.14.10-1~deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.14.4-1
  dsa · dbus · debian · bookworm
[libdbus-1-dev]Fixed
Source package: [dbus]
Details (2)
- 1.14.10-1~deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.14.4-1
  dsa · dbus · debian · bookworm
- 1.14.10-1~deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.14.4-1
  dsa · dbus · debian · bookworm

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 6:30:04 PM UTC

References

[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]