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CVE-2006-6235

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-6235 is a critical stack overwrite vulnerability affecting GnuPG 1.x before 1.4.6, 2.x before 2.0.2, and 1.9.0 through 1.9.95, as well as various distributions like Red Hat and Ubuntu. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely by sending specially crafted OpenPGP packets that cause the software to dereference deallocated stack memory. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it represents a severe risk with complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:privacy_guard:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:privacy_guard:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:privacy_guard:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:privacy_guard:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:privacy_guard:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0571 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1Fixed in: gnupg-0:1.0.7-20
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: gnupg-0:1.2.1-19
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: gnupg-0:1.2.6-8
View patch
ubuntupatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-6235Important

security flaw

Dec 6, 2006

References

patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20061201-01-P.asc
lists.gnupg.org / pipermail/gnupg-announce/2006q4/000491.html
lists.suse.com / archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Dec/0004.html
secunia.com / advisories/23245
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/23250
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/23255
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/23259
secunia.com / advisories/23269
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/23284
secunia.com / advisories/23290
secunia.com / advisories/23299
secunia.com / advisories/23303
secunia.com / advisories/23329
secunia.com / advisories/23335
secunia.com / advisories/23513
secunia.com / advisories/24047
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200612-03.xml
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/30711
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-835
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11245
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-047.htm
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1231
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/427009
US Government Resource
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_28_sr.html
openpkg.com / security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.037.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0754.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/453664/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/453723/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/21462
Vendor Advisory
trustix.org / errata/2006/0070
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-393-1
Patch
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-393-2
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4881