gnupg: infinite loop when decompressing data packets
Published Jun 25, 2014
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.31%
Description
The do_uncompress function in g10/compress.c in GnuPG 1.x before 1.4.17 and 2.x before 2.0.24 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via malformed compressed packets, as demonstrated by an a3 01 5b ff byte sequence.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.6
- 2.0.7
- 2.0.8
- 2.0.10
- 2.0.11
- 2.0.12
- 2.0.13
- 2.0.14
- 2.0.15
- 2.0.16
- 2.0.17
- 2.0.18
- 2.0.19
- 2.0.20
- 2.0.21
- 2.0.22
- 2.0.23
Configuration 2
- ≤ 1.4.16
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 1.2.3
- 1.2.4
- 1.2.5
- 1.2.6
- 1.2.7
- 1.3.0
- 1.3.1
- 1.3.2
- 1.3.3
- 1.3.4
- 1.3.6
- 1.3.90
- 1.3.91
- 1.3.92
- 1.3.93
- 1.4.0
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.3
- 1.4.4
- 1.4.5
- 1.4.8
- 1.4.10
- 1.4.11
- 1.4.12
- 1.4.13
- 1.4.14
- 1.4.15
Configuration 3
- 7.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
gnupg
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
gnupg2
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
gnupg2
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
gnupg2
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | gnupg | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | gnupg2 | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | gnupg2 | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | gnupg2 | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
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.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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 (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.31% (0.03305) | 88.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.31% (0.03305) | 86.90th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 7.60% (0.07597) | 91.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 11.01% (0.11010) | 89.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 7.60% (0.07597) | 91.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.32% (0.01320) | 86.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 5, 2024 | 1.32% (0.01320) | 84.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 20, 2023 | 1.49% (0.01494) | 85.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 1.62% (0.01623) | 86.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 20, 2023 | 1.00% (0.01001) | 81.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.27% (0.01266) | 83.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 81.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 62.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (17)
- http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gnupg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=014b2103fcb12f261135e3954f26e9e07b39e342 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gnupg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=11fdfcf82bd8d2b5bc38292a29876e10770f4b0a x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2014q2/000344.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListVendor Advisory
- http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2014q2/000345.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListVendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00010.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59213 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59351 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59534 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59578 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2967 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2968 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2258-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4617 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1112509 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4617
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-4617
Change history (0)
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