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CVE-2012-6085

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-6085 describes a vulnerability in GnuPG versions 1.4.x before 1.4.13 and 2.0.x through 2.0.19, where a crafted OpenPGP packet's length field can lead to public keyring database corruption or a denial of service (application crash) during key import. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.8, indicating a medium severity, and can be exploited remotely with medium attack complexity, potentially impacting integrity and availability. 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
1.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.91%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0291 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 19,953 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 redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: gnupg-0:1.4.5-18.el5_10
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: gnupg2-0:2.0.10-6.el5_10
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: gnupg2-0:2.0.14-6.el6_4
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-6085Low

GnuPG: read_block() corrupt key input validation

Dec 29, 2012

References

git.gnupg.org / cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095513.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095516.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1459.html
bugs.g10code.com / gnupg/issue1455
Exploit
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/80990
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/01/01/6
securityfocus.com / bid/57102
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1682-1