CVE-2014-4617
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 3.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 3.3% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-4543)
- Published
- June 25, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-4543 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- debian / debian linux
- 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
- 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
and 14 more…
References
- http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gnupg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=014b2103fcb12f261135e3954f26e9e07b39e342
- http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gnupg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=11fdfcf82bd8d2b5bc38292a29876e10770f4b0a
- http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2014q2/000344.html(Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2014q2/000345.html(Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00010.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59213
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59351
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59534
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59578
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2967
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2968(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2258-1
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
Query CVEs from your AI assistant
The CVE/NVD Explorer brain answers CVE questions directly inside Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP assistant — always up to date, no setup. Add it once and stop pasting advisories into chat.
Add the CVE brain