CVE-2010-1172: Freedesktop Dbus-Glib

Low severity, CVSS 3.6. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

DBus-GLib 0.73 disregards the access flag of exported GObject properties, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and possibly cause a denial of service by modifying properties, as demonstrated by properties of the (1) DeviceKit-Power, (2) NetworkManager, and (3) ModemManager services.

Affected products

• Freedesktop Dbus-Glib: version 0.73 only

Published 2010-08-20. Last modified 2026-06-16.