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…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

6.2% · top 6.4% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (34)

• 1017349 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 23269 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 23303 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20061206 rPSA-2006-0227-1 gnupg (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 23255 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-393-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 23513 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 23284 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-393-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 23245 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [gnupg-announce] GnuPG: remotely controllable function pointer [CVE-2006-6235] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• VU#427009 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2006:028 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• RHSA-2006:0754 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• DSA-1231 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 20061206 GnuPG: remotely controllable function pointer [CVE-2006-6235] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 23335 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 23299 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 21462 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 2006-0070 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
• 23329 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• GLSA-200612-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 23259 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDKSA-2006:228 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 23290 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-835 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2006:075 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-047.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2006-4881 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11245 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 23250 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• gnupg-openpgp-code-execution(30711) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• OpenPKG-SA-2006.037 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENPKGx_transferred
• 24047 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 20:19 UTC.