CVE-2013-4351
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.8EPSS 2.5%EU EUVD
GnuPG 1.4.x, 2.0.x, and 2.1.x treats a key flags subpacket with all bits cleared (no usage permitted) as if it has all bits set (all usage permitted), which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging the subkey.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-310
- EPSS score
- 2.5% (85th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-4235)
- Published
- October 10, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-4235 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
- gnupg / gnupg
- gnupg / gnupg
- gnupg / gnupg
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00006.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1459.html
- http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.devel/17712/focus=18138
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1987-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2773
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2774
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/13/4
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1010137
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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