FireGPG before 0.6 handle user’s passphrase and decrypted cleartext insecurely by writing pre-encrypted cleartext and the user's passphrase to disk which may result in the compromise of secure communication or a users’s private key
Published Nov 7, 2019
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.89%
Description
FireGPG before 0.6 handle user’s passphrase and decrypted cleartext insecurely by writing pre-encrypted cleartext and the user's passphrase to disk which may result in the compromise of secure communication or a users’s private key.
Affected products
No data.
- < 0.6
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.89% (0.00888) | 57.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.89% (0.00888) | 54.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.22% (0.00218) | 42.37th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.15% (0.00153) | 52.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 22, 2024 | 0.17% (0.00166) | 53.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.17% (0.00166) | 51.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 36.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 2, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 34.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 32.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 16.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (3)
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=514386 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-7272 x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- https://vulners.com/securityvulns/SECURITYVULNS:DOC:20757?utm_source=securityvulns&utm_medium=redirect x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=514386 | x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-7272 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory | |
| https://vulners.com/securityvulns/SECURITYVULNS:DOC:20757?utm_source=securityvulns&utm_medium=redirect | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory |
Change history (0)
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