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CVE-2006-6235: gnu privacy_guard

CVSS: 10.0v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2006-6235
Published 07-12-2006Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-6235 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in gnu privacy_guard. EPSS estimates a 5.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
10.0/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
5.87%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
DSA-1231-1RHSA-2006:0754

Timeline

  1. 07-12-2006
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A "stack overwrite" vulnerability in GnuPG (gpg) 1.x before 1.4.6, 2.x before 2.0.2, and 1.9.0 through 1.9.95 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted OpenPGP packets that cause GnuPG to dereference a function pointer from deallocated stack memory.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

5.87%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

93%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 5.86% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
5.87%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Redhat4 products
Debian1 product
  • gnupg2< 2.0.0-5.2
Gnu1 product
  • privacy_guard1.2.4 | 1.2.5 | 1.2.6 | 1.2.7 | 1.3.3 | 1.3.4 | 1.4 | 1.4.1 | 1.4.2 | 1.4.2.1 | 1.4.2.2 | 1.4.3 | 1.4.4 | 1.4.5 | 1.9.10 | 1.9.15 | 1.9.20 | 2.0 | 2.0.1
Gpg4win1 product
Rpath1 product
Slackware1 product
Ubuntu1 product

7 vendors · 10 products

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