CVE-2008-1530 describes a denial-of-service and potential arbitrary code execution vulnerability affecting GnuPG versions 1.4.8 and 2.0.8. Remote attackers can trigger this by importing crafted duplicate keys from key servers, leading to memory corruption during user ID deduplication. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this is a critical vulnerability, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity that could result in 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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.4.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:1.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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