HIGH
X.509 Certificate Signature Verification in Gnu transport layer security library (GnuTLS) 1.0.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via certificates containing long chains and signed with large RSA keys
Published Oct 25, 2005
7.8
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.69%
Description
X.509 Certificate Signature Verification in Gnu transport layer security library (GnuTLS) 1.0.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via certificates containing long chains and signed with large RSA keys.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.8 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.69% 0.01685
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01685
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.69% (0.01685) | 76.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.69% (0.01685) | 73.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.87% (0.00872) | 73.62th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.34% (0.01345) | 86.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 14, 2024 | 1.88% (0.01883) | 88.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.97% (0.01968) | 86.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (7)
- http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-dev/2004-August/000703.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12156 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1010838 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.hornik.sk/SA/SA-20040802.txt x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/8278 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10839 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16858 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-dev/2004-August/000703.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/12156 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1010838 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.hornik.sk/SA/SA-20040802.txt | x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/8278 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBPatch | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10839 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16858 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 25, 2005
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Oct 25, 2005
Link CVE-2004-2531
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a