CVE-2014-9087

high
Published 2014-12-01 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
7.5

Description

Integer underflow in the ksba_oid_to_str function in Libksba before 1.3.2, as used in GnuPG, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted OID in a (1) S/MIME message or (2) ECC based OpenPGP data, which triggers a buffer overflow.

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-2014-9087

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@debian.org — http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2427-1

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@debian.org — http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2014q4/000359.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed0
debian debianbullseyefixed0
debian debianforkyfixed0
debian debiansidfixed0
debian debiantrixiefixed0
debian debian7.0affected
debian debian8.0affected
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.10affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
gnupglibksba{"endExcluding":"1.3.2"}1.3.2
gnupggnupg2.1.0

References

CWEs

CWE-191

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