CVE-2008-1530 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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."

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03697.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:1.4.8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.8:::::::*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-1531	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."

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2008q1/000272.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29568
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

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-03-27T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:24:42.576Z

Reserved: 2008-03-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-1530

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-03-27T23:44:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-1530

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-399

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