CVE-2014-3564

GPGME < 1.5.1 - Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in Status Handler

Title source: llm

Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the status_handler function in (1) engine-gpgsm.c and (2) engine-uiserver.c in GPGME before 1.5.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to "different line lengths in a specific order."

References (7)

Core 7

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb

http://www.osvdb.org/109699

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68990

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3005

Various Sources x_refsource_confirm

http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gpgme.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2cbd76f7911fc215845e89b50d6af5ff4a83dd77

Patch x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1113267

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/266

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0319

EPSS Percentile 87.2%

Details

CWE

CWE-119

Status published

Products (4)

canonical/ubuntu_linux 10.04

canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04

debian/debian_linux 6.0

gnu/gpgme < 1.5.0

Published Oct 20, 2014

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026