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CVE-2014-3564

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-3564 describes multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the GPGME library (versions prior to 1.5.1), specifically within the status_handler function of engine-gpgsm.c and engine-uiserver.c. This vulnerability affects various distributions including Canonical, Debian, and GNU Linux. With a CVSS score of 6.8, it is a medium-severity vulnerability that can be exploited remotely with medium attack complexity, potentially leading to a denial of service or arbitrary code execution. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gpgme:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0429 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: gpgme
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: gpgme

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-3564Low

gpgme: heap-based buffer overflow in gpgsm status handler

Jul 30, 2014

References

git.gnupg.org / cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Patch
seclists.org / oss-sec/2014/q3/266
debian.org / security/2014/dsa-3005
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
osvdb.org / 109699
securityfocus.com / bid/68990