CVE-2012-6085
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.8EPSS 2.9%EU EUVD
The read_block function in g10/import.c in GnuPG 1.4.x before 1.4.13 and 2.0.x through 2.0.19, when importing a key, allows remote attackers to corrupt the public keyring database or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted length field of an OpenPGP packet.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 2.9% (87th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-5956)
- Published
- January 24, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-5956 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnupg / gnupg
- gnupg / gnupg
- gnupg / gnupg
- gnupg / gnupg
- gnupg / gnupg
- gnupg / gnupg
- gnupg / gnupg
- gnupg / gnupg
- gnupg / gnupg
- gnupg / gnupg
- gnupg / gnupg
- gnupg / gnupg
- gnupg / gnupg
- gnupg / gnupg
- gnupg / gnupg
- gnupg / gnupg
- gnupg / gnupg
- gnupg / gnupg
- gnupg / gnupg
- gnupg / gnupg
- gnupg / gnupg
- gnupg / gnupg
- gnupg / gnupg
- gnupg / gnupg
- gnupg / gnupg
- gnupg / gnupg
- gnupg / gnupg
References
- http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gnupg.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=f0b33b6fb8e0586e9584a7a409dcc31263776a67
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095513.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095516.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1459.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:001
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/01/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57102
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1682-1
- https://bugs.g10code.com/gnupg/issue1455(Exploit)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=891142
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80990
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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