CVE-2015-1607 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting GnuPG versions before 1.4.19, 2.0.27, and 2.1.2. It stems from improper handling of bitwise left-shifts in the kbx/keybox-search.c component, allowing a remote attacker to trigger an invalid read operation via a crafted keyring file. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to exploit, leading to high availability impact (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.4.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.0, < 2.0.27CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.1.0, < 2.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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