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CVE-2014-9087
Integer underflow in the ksba_oid_to_str function in Libksba before 1.3.2, as used in GnuPG, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 5.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Integer underflow in the ksba_oid_to_str function in Libksba before 1.3.2, as used in GnuPG, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted OID in a (1) S/MIME message or (2) ECC based OpenPGP data, which triggers a buffer overflow.
Timeline
ID reserved
By debian
- 5 days later
· 5 days later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.7% · top 7.0% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/2-Buffer-overflow-and-other-minor-issues-in-GnuPG-and-libksba-TFPA-0012014.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- MDVSA-2015:151 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 60233 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-3078 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0498.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2014:234 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 71285 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 60073 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 60189 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [gnupg-announce] 20141125 [Announce] [security fix] Libksba 1.3.2 for GnuPG released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-2427-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_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-2014-8913 (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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