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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-51-1 gnupg2 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2967-1 gnupg security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2968-1 gnupg2 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-4543 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2258-1 GnuPG vulnerability
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Solution

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Workaround

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History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.07597}

epss

{'score': 0.08032}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T11:20:26.664Z

Reserved: 2014-06-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-4617

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-06-25T11:19:22.637

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-4617

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2014-06-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-4617 - Bugzilla

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