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CVE-2014-4617: debian debian_linux Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesMGASA-2014-0276UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4617USN-2258-1
Published 25-06-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-4617 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 3.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.31%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 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-2024:10102-1

Timeline

  1. 25-06-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.31%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

88%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.31% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
3.31%

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

Mageia4 products
  • gnupg< 1.4.14-1.3.mga3
  • gnupg2< 2.0.19-3.3.mga3
  • gnupg< 1.4.16-1.1.mga4
  • gnupg2< 2.0.22-3.1.mga4
Debian3 products
  • gnupg< 1.4.10-4+squeeze5 | < 1.4.12-7+deb7u4
  • gnupg2< 2.0.24-1 | < 2.0.14-2+squeeze2 | < 2.0.19-2+deb7u2
  • debian_linuxEOL7.0
Ubuntu2 products
  • gnupg< 1.4.16-1ubuntu2.1
  • gnupg2< 2.0.22-3ubuntu1.1
Gnupg1 product
  • gnupg2.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.3 | 2.0.4 | 2.0.5 | 2.0.6 | 2.0.7 | 2.0.8 | 2.0.10 | 2.0.11 | 2.0.12 | 2.0.13 | 2.0.14 | 2.0.15 | 2.0.16 | 2.0.17 | 2.0.18 | 2.0.19 | 2.0.20 | 2.0.21 | 2.0.22 | 2.0.23 | ≤ 1.4.16 | 1.0.0 | 1.0.1 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.3 | 1.0.4 | 1.0.5 | 1.0.6 | 1.0.7 | 1.2.0 | 1.2.1 | 1.2.2 | 1.2.3 | 1.2.4 | 1.2.5 | 1.2.6 | 1.2.7 | 1.3.0 | 1.3.1 | 1.3.2 | 1.3.3 | 1.3.4 | 1.3.6 | 1.3.90 | 1.3.91 | 1.3.92 | 1.3.93 | 1.4.0 | 1.4.2 | 1.4.3 | 1.4.4 | 1.4.5 | 1.4.8 | 1.4.10 | 1.4.11 | 1.4.12 | 1.4.13 | 1.4.14 | 1.4.15
Opensuse1 product

5 vendors · 11 products

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