CVE-2012-6085
The read_block function in g10/import.c in GnuPG 1.4.x before 1.4.13 and 2.0.x through 2.0.19, when importing a key, allows remote attackers to corrupt the public keyring database or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted length field of an OpenPGP packet.
- EPSS
- 2.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 86% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-20
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- gnupg:gnupg
References
- http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gnupg.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=f0b33b6fb8e0586e9584a7a409dcc31263776a67
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095513.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095516.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1459.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:001