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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2024-53856 json

rPGP Panics on Malformed Untrusted Input

published 2024-12-05 23 mo ago modified 2026-10-12 27 d ago also GHSA-9rmp-2568-59rv , RUSTSEC-2024-0447 , EUVD-2024-3456

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 40%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

rPGP is a pure Rust implementation of OpenPGP. Prior to 0.14.1, rPGP allows an attacker to trigger rpgp crashes by providing crafted data. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.14.1.

Patch / fix

  • crates.io pgp 0.14.1
  • rust-pgp Debian 14, Debian 13 0.14.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53856

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
22 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
GitHub 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
OSV 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
crates.io pgp
<0.14.1
>=0.0.0-0, <0.14.1
0.14.1

Affected products

  • rpgp rpgp

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-130 Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency
  • CWE-148 Improper Neutralization of Input Leaders
  • CWE-617 Reachable Assertion
  • CWE-248 Uncaught Exception

References

Sources

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