gnupg NULL pointer dereference
Published Mar 27, 2008
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.30%
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."
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue does not affect the versions of gnupg packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 2.1, 3, 4 or 5.
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.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.30% (0.04298) | 90.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.04% (0.04041) | 89.26th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 4.02% (0.04019) | 87.40th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 9.45% (0.09449) | 87.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.02% (0.04019) | 87.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 4.21% (0.04214) | 92.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 2, 2024 | 4.00% (0.03998) | 91.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 4.03% (0.04034) | 90.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 5.29% (0.05288) | 89.84th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 5.29% (0.05288) | 88.81th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 5.29% (0.05288) | 75.95th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2008q1/000272.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29568 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-1.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28487 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1056/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1530 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.g10code.com/gnupg/issue894 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214990 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=439305 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41547 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1530
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1530
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2008q1/000272.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/29568 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-1.html | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28487 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1056/references | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1530 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.g10code.com/gnupg/issue894 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214990 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=439305 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41547 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1530 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1530 |
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