CVE-2014-3591

unknown
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk

Description

Libgcrypt before 1.6.3 and GnuPG before 1.4.19 does not implement ciphertext blinding for Elgamal decryption, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain the server's private key by determining factors using crafted ciphertext and the fluctuations in the electromagnetic field during multiplication.

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-2014-3591

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3591.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed1.6.3-2
debian debianbullseyefixed1.6.3-2
debian debianforkyfixed1.6.3-2
debian debiansidfixed1.6.3-2
debian debiantrixiefixed1.6.3-2

References

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