#VU67970 Out-of-bounds read in dbus - CVE-2022-42011
Published: October 6, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU67970
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-42011
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
dbus
dbus
Software vendor:
Freedesktop.org
Freedesktop.org
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to potentially sensitive information or perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error caused by an invalid array of fixed-length elements where the length of the array is not a multiple of the length of the element. A local user can trigger an out-of-bounds read and gain access to sensitive information.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.