CVE-2025-30258

Published Mar 19, 2025

Last updated 3 months ago

Overview

Description
In GnuPG before 2.5.5, if a user chooses to import a certificate with certain crafted subkey data that lacks a valid backsig or that has incorrect usage flags, the user loses the ability to verify signatures made from certain other signing keys, aka a "verification DoS."
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Received

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
2.7
Impact score
1.4
Exploitability score
1
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
Severity
LOW

Weaknesses

cve@mitre.org
CWE-754

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