CVE-2008-1950: gnu gnutls Numeric Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2008-1950 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Numeric Errors vulnerability in gnu gnutls. EPSS estimates a 4.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 1Timeline
- 21-05-2008PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Integer signedness error in the _gnutls_ciphertext2compressed function in lib/gnutls_cipher.c in libgnutls in GnuTLS before 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and crash) via a certain integer value in the Random field in an encrypted Client Hello message within a TLS record with an invalid Record Length, which leads to an invalid cipher padding length, aka GNUTLS-SA-2008-1-3.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
4.95%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
92%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 4.95% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Gnu1 product
- gnutls1.0.18 | 1.0.19 | 1.0.20 | 1.0.21 | 1.0.22 | 1.0.23 | 1.0.24 | 1.0.25 | 1.1.13 | 1.1.14 | 1.1.15 | 1.1.16 | 1.1.17 | 1.1.18 | 1.1.19 | 1.1.20 | 1.1.21 | 1.1.22 | 1.1.23 | 1.2.0 | 1.2.1 | 1.2.2 | 1.2.3 | 1.2.4 | 1.2.5 | 1.2.6 | 1.2.7 | 1.2.8 | 1.2.9 | 1.2.10 | 1.2.11 | 1.3.0 | 1.3.1 | 1.3.2 | 1.3.3 | 1.3.4 | 1.3.5 | 1.4.0 | 1.4.1 | 1.4.2 | 1.4.3 | 1.4.4 | 1.4.5 | 1.5.0 | 1.5.1 | 1.5.2 | 1.5.3 | 1.5.4 | 1.5.5 | 1.6.0 | 1.6.1 | 1.6.2 | 1.6.3 | 1.7.0 | 1.7.1 | 1.7.2 | 1.7.3 | 1.7.4 | 1.7.5 | 1.7.6 | 1.7.7 | 1.7.8 | 1.7.9 | 1.7.10 | 1.7.11 | 1.7.12 | 1.7.13 | 1.7.14 | 1.7.15 | 1.7.16 | 1.7.17 | 1.7.18 | 1.7.19 | 2.0.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.2 | 2.0.3 | 2.0.4 | 2.1.0 | 2.1.1 | 2.1.2 | 2.1.3 | 2.1.4 | 2.1.5 | 2.1.6 | 2.1.7 | 2.1.8 | 2.2.0 | 2.2.1 | 2.2.2 | 2.2.3 | 2.2.4 | 2.2.5 | 2.3.0 | 2.3.1 | 2.3.2 | 2.3.3 | 2.3.4 | 2.3.5 | 2.3.6 | 2.3.7 | 2.3.8 | 2.3.9 | 2.3.10 | 2.3.11
1 vendor · 1 product
References
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- sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=600646&group_id=21558X Refsource CONFIRM
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00615.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
- wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0174X Refsource CONFIRM
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00590.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2552X Refsource CONFIRM
- git.savannah.gnu.org/gitwebX Refsource CONFIRM
- www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/advisory-gnutls.htmlX Refsource MISC
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00487.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11393VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL