Is CVE-2022-42012 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-42012 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-06-09.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-42012?

CVE-2022-42012 has a CVSS score of 6.5 (MEDIUM severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

How do I patch CVE-2022-42012?

Patch guidance is available from freedesktop security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2022-42012.

CVE-2022-42012 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2022-42012?

6 products: freedesktop dbus, freedesktop dbus, freedesktop dbus, fedoraproject fedora, fedoraproject fedora, and 1 more.

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: low
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: high
Weaknesses: NVD-CWE-noinfoCWE-20 · Improper Input Validation

Metadata

Primary Vendor: FREEDESKTOP
Published: 10/10/2022
Last Modified: 6/9/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

freedesktop : dbusfreedesktop : dbusfreedesktop : dbusfedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedora

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD