Vulnerability in Gnupg
CVE-2008-1530
GnuPG (gpg) 1.4.8 and 2.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted duplicate keys that are imported from key servers, which triggers "memory corruption around deduplication of user IDs."
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.043 (90.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 90.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.040 · newest: 0.043 · change: +0.003
Affected products
- Gnupg — versions 1.4.8, 2.0.8
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1056/references (vdb-entry)
- lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2008q1/000272.html (mailing-list)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41547 (vdb-entry)
- www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-1.html
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/28487 (vdb-entry)
- bugs.g10code.com/gnupg/issue894
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi
- secunia.com/advisories/29568 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2008-1530?
- CVE-2008-1530 is a vulnerability in Gnupg, classified under CWE-399. Published 2008-03-27.
- Is CVE-2008-1530 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.