CVE-2014-3564

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-3564
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-10-20 17:55:05 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionMultiple 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."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 - lts All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 - lts All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 6.0 All All All
Application Gnu Gpgme All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-sec: CVE-2014-3564 gpgme: heap-based buffer overflow in gpgsm status handler af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
www.osvdb.org/109699 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Bug 1113267 – CVE-2014-3564 gpgme: heap-based buffer overflow in gpgsm status handler af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3005-1 gpgme1.0 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Oracle Solaris Third Party Bulletin - October 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
git.gnupg.org Git - gpgme.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.gnupg.org
GPGME 'status_handler()' Function Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
git.gnupg.org Git - gpgme.git/commit MITRE git.gnupg.org
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