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CVE-2014-4617

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 a

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.08032
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2
gnupgall versions
gnupg<= 1.4.16

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MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD25 Jun 2014 · 11:19 AM

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suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10102-1
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