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medium 5.0

CVE-2006-3746 json

Integer overflow in parse_comment in GnuPG (gpg) 1.4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a craf…

published 2006-07-28 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-3740

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.2%
EPSS 7.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • gnupg2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.9.20-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2006-3746

  • gnupg RHEL 3 1.2.1-17
  • gnupg RHEL 4 1.2.6-6

red hat advisories RHSA-2006:0615

  • gpg2 openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.2.27-2.4

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10815-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2006-3746 updated

GnuPG Parse_Comment Remote Buffer Overflow

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 gnupg 1.2.1-17 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 gnupg 1.2.1-17 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 gnupg 1.2.6-6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 gnupg 1.2.6-6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 gnupg 1.2.1-17 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 gnupg 1.2.6-6
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 gnupg 1.2.1-17 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 gnupg 1.2.6-6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0615

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-28257)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

7.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-28257 GnuPG 1.4/1.9 - Parse_Comment Remote Buffer Overflow dos, 2006-07-22
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19110 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=200502 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • lists.immunitysec.com http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2006-July/003354.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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