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."

EPSS: 0.040 (89.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Gnupg — versions 1.4.8, 2.0.8
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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.