Description
A "stack overwrite" vulnerability in GnuPG (gpg) 1.x before 1.4.6, 2.x before 2.0.2, and 1.9.0 through 1.9.95 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted OpenPGP packets that cause GnuPG to dereference a function pointer from deallocated stack memory.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Access Vector
- network
- Access Cmplx
- low
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- complete
- Integrity
- complete
- Availability
- complete
- Weaknesses
- NVD-CWE-Other
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- GNU
- Published
- 12/7/2006
- Last Modified
- 4/9/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
gnu : privacy_guardgnu : privacy_guardgnu : privacy_guardgnu : privacy_guardgnu : privacy_guardgnu : privacy_guardgnu : privacy_guardgnu : privacy_guardgnu : privacy_guardgnu : privacy_guardgnu : privacy_guardgnu : privacy_guardgnu : privacy_guardgnu : privacy_guardgnu : privacy_guardgnu : privacy_guardgnu : privacy_guardgnu : privacy_guardgnu : privacy_guardgpg4win : gpg4winredhat : enterprise_linuxredhat : enterprise_linuxredhat : enterprise_linuxredhat : enterprise_linux_desktopredhat : enterprise_linux_desktopredhat : fedora_coreredhat : fedora_coreredhat : linux_advanced_workstationrpath : linuxslackware : slackware_linuxubuntu : ubuntu_linuxubuntu : ubuntu_linux
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