Low severity · published Feb 23, 2023
CVE-2022-3219
GnuPG can be made to spin on a relatively small input by (for example) crafting a public key with thousands of signatures attached, compressed down to just a few KB
3.3
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
GnuPG can be made to spin on a relatively small input by (for example) crafting a public key with thousands of signatures attached, compressed down to just a few KB.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 22% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GN
Gnupg · Gnupg
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3219
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3219
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3219
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2127010
Patch
https://dev.gnupg.org/D556
Patch
https://dev.gnupg.org/T5993
Mailing List
https://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=165696590211434&w=4
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230324-0001/
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