CVE-2006-6235

Severity

99%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

165%

A "stack overwrite" vulnerability in GnuPG (gpg) 1.x before 1.4.6, 2.x before 2.0.2, and 1.9.0 through 1.9.95 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted OpenPGP packets that cause GnuPG to dereference a function pointer from deallocated stack memory.

A "stack overwrite" vulnerability in GnuPG (gpg) 1.x before 1.4.6, 2.x before 2.0.2, and 1.9.0 through 1.9.95 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted OpenPGP packets that cause GnuPG to dereference a function pointer from deallocated stack memory.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 18 years ago

2006-12-07 11:28:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-17 21:47:00

Affected Software

GNU GNU Privacy Guard 1.2.4

1.2.4

GNU GNU Privacy Guard 1.2.5

1.2.5

GNU GNU Privacy Guard 1.2.6

1.2.6

GNU GNU Privacy Guard 1.2.7

1.2.7

GNU GNU Privacy Guard 1.3.3

1.3.3

GNU GNU Privacy Guard 1.3.4

1.3.4

GNU GNU Privacy Guard 1.4

1.4

GNU GNU Privacy Guard 1.4.1

1.4.1

GNU GNU Privacy Guard 1.4.2

1.4.2

GNU GNU Privacy Guard 1.4.2.1

1.4.2.1

GNU GNU Privacy Guard 1.4.2.2

1.4.2.2

GNU GNU Privacy Guard 1.4.3

1.4.3

GNU GNU Privacy Guard 1.4.4

1.4.4

GNU GNU Privacy Guard 1.4.5

1.4.5

GNU GNU Privacy Guard 1.9.10

1.9.10

GNU GNU Privacy Guard 1.9.15

1.9.15

GNU GNU Privacy Guard 1.9.20

1.9.20

GNU GNU Privacy Guard 2.0

2.0

GNU GNU Privacy Guard 2.0.1

2.0.1

Red Hat Desktop 3.0

3.0

Red Hat Desktop 4.0

4.0

Slackware Linux 11.0

11.0

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