Description
GnuPG 2.2.21 and 2.2.22 (and Gpg4win 3.1.12) has an array overflow, leading to a crash or possibly unspecified other impact, when a victim imports an attacker's OpenPGP key, and this key has AEAD preferences. The overflow is caused by a g10/key-check.c error. NOTE: GnuPG 2.3.x is unaffected. GnuPG 2.2.23 is a fixed version.
Published: 2020-09-03
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-17816 GnuPG 2.2.21 and 2.2.22 (and Gpg4win 3.1.12) has an array overflow, leading to a crash or possibly unspecified other impact, when a victim imports an attacker's OpenPGP key, and this key has AEAD preferences. The overflow is caused by a g10/key-check.c error. NOTE: GnuPG 2.3.x is unaffected. GnuPG 2.2.23 is a fixed version.
History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00667}

epss

{'score': 0.00334}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T15:26:09.468Z

Reserved: 2020-09-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-25125

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-09-03T18:15:15.160

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:17:24.637

Link: CVE-2020-25125

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2020-09-04T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-25125 - Bugzilla

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