CVE-2014-9087

Summary

CVECVE-2014-9087
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdebian
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-12-01 15:59:11 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionInteger 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-191 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Gnupg Gnupg 2.1.0 - All All
Application Gnupg Gnupg 2.1.0 beta1 All All
Application Gnupg Libksba All All All All
Operating System Mageia Mageia 3.0 All All All
Operating System Mageia Mageia 4.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[Announce] [security fix] Libksba 1.3.2 for GnuPG released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.gnupg.org Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA60073 - Debian update for libksba - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:151 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Not Applicable
Buffer overflow and other minor issues in GnuPG and libksba - TFPA 001/2014 | The Fuzzing Project af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.fuzzing-project.org Third Party Advisory
Libksba 'ksba_oid_to_str() Function Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3078-1 libksba af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2014:234 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Not Applicable
USN-2427-1: Libksba vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA60189 - libksba "ksba_oid_to_str()" Integer Underflow Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0498 - Updated libksba packages fix security vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA60233 - Ubuntu update for libksba - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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