CVE-2014-3564

medium
Published 2014-10-20 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the status_handler function in (1) engine-gpgsm.c and (2) engine-uiserver.c in GPGME before 1.5.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to "different line lengths in a specific order."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3564

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1113267

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.5.1-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.5.1-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.5.1-1
debian debiansidfixed1.5.1-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.5.1-1
debian debian6.0affected
ubuntu ubuntu10.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
gnugpgme{"endIncluding":"1.5.0"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.