CVE-2014-4617

gnupg: infinite loop when decompressing data packets

Published Jun 25, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 3.3% KEV · Not listed
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 packets, as demonstrated by an a3 01 5b ff byte sequence.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-51-1 gnupg2 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2967-1 gnupg security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2968-1 gnupg2 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-4543 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 packets, as demonstrated by an a3 01 5b ff byte sequence.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2258-1 GnuPG vulnerability
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.07597}

epss

{'score': 0.08032}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 11:20 AM
Reserved
Jun 24, 2014, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 25, 2014, 11:19 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:10 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jun 20, 2014, 12:00 AM