GHSA-5w36-x85h-pphmHighCVSS 8.1
In GnuPG before 2.5.17, a crafted CMS (S/MIME) EnvelopedData message carrying an oversized...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
In GnuPG before 2.5.17, a crafted CMS (S/MIME) EnvelopedData message carrying an oversized wrapped session key can cause a stack-based buffer overflow in gpg-agent during PKDECRYPT--kem=CMS handling. This can easily be leveraged for denial of service; however, there is also memory corruption that could lead to remote code execution.
🔗 References (7)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24881
- https://dev.gnupg.org/T8044
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/27/8
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-24881
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2433480
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-24881.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5w36-x85h-pphm