CVE-2014-4617
The do_uncompress function in g10/compress.c in GnuPG 1.x before 1.4.17 and 2.x before 2.0.24 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via malformed compressed
02 Description
The do_uncompress function in g10/compress.c in GnuPG 1.x before 1.4.17 and 2.x before 2.0.24 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via malformed compressed
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.30% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-06-25 10:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 11:20Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-06-24
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 07982b27fe8f4da0dcb07a2d83150e1dd44f17d00e1328d4857c142e2d6866fe
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com59351http://secunia.com/advisories/59351
- secunia.com59578http://secunia.com/advisories/59578
- lists.gnupg.org[gnupg-announce] 20140624 [security fix] GnuPG 2.0.24 releasedhttp://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2014q2/000345.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-2967http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2967
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:0866http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00010.html
- git.gnupg.orghttp://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gnupg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=014b2103fcb12f261135e3954f26e9e07b39e342
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2258-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2258-1
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-2968http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2968
- git.gnupg.orghttp://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gnupg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=11fdfcf82bd8d2b5bc38292a29876e10770f4b0a
- secunia.com59534http://secunia.com/advisories/59534
- secunia.com59213http://secunia.com/advisories/59213
- lists.gnupg.org[gnupg-announce] 20140623 [security fix] GnuPG 1.4.17 releasedhttp://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2014q2/000344.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- gnupg2 Fixed in 2.0.24-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- gnupg2 Fixed in 2.0.24-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- gnupg2 Fixed in 2.0.24-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- gnupg Fixed in 1.4.16-1ubuntu2.1
- gnupg2 Fixed in 2.0.22-3ubuntu1.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.