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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…
High9.3EPSS 4.3%
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- mitre
Description
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."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.3% · top 8.8% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- ADV-2008-1056 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- [Announce] 20080326 GnuPG 1.4.9 released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- gnupg-keys-code-execution(41547) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-1.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 28487 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://bugs.g10code.com/gnupg/issue894 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214990 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 29568 (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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