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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…
Medium5.8EPSS 2.9%
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- redhat
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (11)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=891142 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugs.g10code.com/gnupg/issue1455 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 57102 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2013-0377 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gnupg.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=f0b33b6fb8e0586e9584a7a409dcc31263776a67 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20130101 Re: GnuPG 1.4.12 and lower - memory access errors and keyring database corruption (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2013-0148 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:1459 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-1682-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- MDVSA-2013:001 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- gnupg-public-keys-code-exec(80990) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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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