CVE-2006-3746 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 7.2% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Integer overflow in parse_comment in GnuPG (gpg) 1.4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted message.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 7.21% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-07-28 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| gnupg | gnupg |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | GnuPG 1.4/1.9 - Parse_Comment Remote Buffer Overflow | 2006-07-22 |
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060801-01-P
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi/gnupg.CVE-2006-3746.diff?bug=381204%3Bmsg=15%3Batt=1
- http://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-560
- http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2006-July/003354.html
- http://lwn.net/Alerts/194228/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21297
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21300
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21306
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21326
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21329
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21333
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21346
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21351
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21378
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21467
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21522
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21524
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21598
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-08.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016622
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