CVE-2006-6235
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 6.2%EU EUVD
A "stack overwrite" vulnerability in GnuPG (gpg) 1.x before 1.4.6, 2.x before 2.0.2, and 1.9.0 through 1.9.95 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted OpenPGP packets that cause GnuPG to dereference a function pointer from deallocated stack memory.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 6.2% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-6218)
- Published
- December 7, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6218 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnu / privacy guard
- gnu / privacy guard
- gnu / privacy guard
- gnu / privacy guard
- gnu / privacy guard
- gnu / privacy guard
- gnu / privacy guard
- gnu / privacy guard
- gnu / privacy guard
- gnu / privacy guard
- gnu / privacy guard
- gnu / privacy guard
- gnu / privacy guard
- gnu / privacy guard
- gnu / privacy guard
- gnu / privacy guard
- gnu / privacy guard
- gnu / privacy guard
- gnu / privacy guard
- gpg4win / gpg4win
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux desktop
- redhat / enterprise linux desktop
- redhat / fedora core
- redhat / fedora core
- redhat / linux advanced workstation
- rpath / linux
- slackware / slackware linux
- ubuntu / ubuntu linux
- ubuntu / ubuntu linux
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061201-01-P.asc
- http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2006q4/000491.html
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Dec/0004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23245(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23250(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23255(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23259
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23269(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23284
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23290
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23299
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23303
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23329
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23335
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23513
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24047
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-03.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017349
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-047.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1231
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/427009(US Government Resource)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:228
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_28_sr.html
- http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.037.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0754.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453664/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453723/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21462(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0070
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-393-1(Patch)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-393-2
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4881
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30711
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-835
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11245
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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