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CVE-2013-4242
GnuPG before 1.4.14, and Libgcrypt before 1.5.3 as used in GnuPG 2.0.x and possibly other products, allows local users to obtain private…
- 1.9LowCVSS base score
- 0.53%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 55% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
GnuPG before 1.4.14, and Libgcrypt before 1.5.3 as used in GnuPG 2.0.x and possibly other products, allows local users to obtain private RSA keys via a cache side-channel attack involving the L3 cache, aka Flush+Reload.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low1.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.53% · top 55% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
16
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-2731 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 54332 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 54321 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 54375 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1294 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 61464 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- USN-1923-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://eprint.iacr.org/2013/448 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [gnupg-announce] 20130725 [Announce] [security fix] GnuPG 1.4.14 released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- VU#976534 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- DSA-2730 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:1457 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=717880 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 54318 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2013-4146 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2013-4242)Record last updated .