CVE-2008-3834
LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 4.6%EU EUVD
The dbus_signature_validate function in the D-bus library (libdbus) before 1.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application abort) via a message containing a malformed signature, which triggers a failed assertion error.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 4.6% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3820)
- Published
- October 7, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3820 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus1.0
- freedesktop / dbus1.0
- freedesktop / dbus1.0
- freedesktop / dbus1.1.0
References
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00094.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32127(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32230
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32281
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32385
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33396
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1658
- http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus#head-dad0dab297a44f1d7a3b1259cfc06b583fd6a88a
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:213
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0008.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31602
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021063
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-653-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2762
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17803
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-3834
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45701
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10253
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7822
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00298.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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