CVE-2020-12049

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 5.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.6%, top 56% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, nvd
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
5.5
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 1%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

An issue was discovered in dbus >= 1.3.0 before 1.12.18. The DBusServer in libdbus, as used in dbus-daemon, leaks file descriptors when a message exceeds the per-message file descriptor limit. A local attacker with access to the D-Bus system bus or another system service's private AF_UNIX socket could use this to make the system service reach its file descriptor limit, denying service to subsequent D-Bus clients.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EPSS
43.6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 8, 2020

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (20)

Patch Availability(6)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulibdbus-1-dev (1.12.2-1ubuntu1.2) @ bionic2026-05-27ubuntu
ubuntudbus-1-doc (1.6.18-0ubuntu4.5+esm2) @ trusty2026-05-27ubuntu
redhatdbus-1:1.12.8-10.el8_12020-08-04redhat
redhatdbus-1:1.12.8-10.el8_22020-07-21redhat
redhatdbus-1:1.12.8-8.el8_02020-07-21redhat
redhatdbus-1:1.10.24-14.el7_82020-07-13redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

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Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2020-12049?
CVE-2020-12049 is a medium vulnerability published on June 8, 2020. An issue was discovered in dbus >= 1.3.0 before 1.12.18. The DBusServer in libdbus, as used in dbus-daemon, leaks file descriptors when a message exceeds the per-message file descriptor limit. A local attacker with access to the D-Bus system bus or another system service's private AF_UNIX socket…
When was CVE-2020-12049 disclosed?
CVE-2020-12049 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 8, 2020, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2020-12049 actively exploited?
CVE-2020-12049 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 43.6% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2020-12049?
CVE-2020-12049 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2020-12049?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2020-12049, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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