Medium 5.0Published Oct 28, 2013

CVE-2013-4402The compressed packet parser in GnuPG 1.4.x before 1.4.15 and 2.0.x before 2.0.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via a crafted OpenPGP message.

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The compressed packet parser in GnuPG 1.4.x before 1.4.15 and 2.0.x before 2.0.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via a crafted OpenPGP message.

CVSS: 5.0 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

gnupg gnupg gnupg:gnupg	1.4.0; 1.4.2; 1.4.3; 1.4.4; 1.4.5; 1.4.8; 1.4.10; 1.4.11; and 17 more ranges	NVD
canonical ubuntu_linux canonical:ubuntu_linux	10.04; 12.04; 12.10; 13.04	NVD

References

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725433
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2013q4/000333.html	vendor-advisory
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2013q4/000334.html	vendor-advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00020.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00025.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1459.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2773
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2774
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1987-1	vendor-advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1015685

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