9.3

CVE-2008-1530: gnupg Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 9.3v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2008-1530
Published 27-03-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-1530 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in gnupg. EPSS estimates a 4.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.3/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.30%
0%100%
Low · +0.26 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10815-1

Timeline

  1. 27-03-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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."

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.30%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.26 pp

From 4.04% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
4.30%

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

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • gnupg2< 2.0.9-1
Gnupg1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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