CVE-2008-1530
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 4.3%EU EUVD
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."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 4.3% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1531)
- Published
- March 27, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1531 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnupg / gnupg
- gnupg / gnupg
References
- http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2008q1/000272.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29568(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-1.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28487
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1056/references
- https://bugs.g10code.com/gnupg/issue894
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214990
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41547
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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