CVE-2025-68973
Published: December 30, 2025Last modified: January 14, 2026
Description
In GnuPG through 2.4.8, armor_filter in g10/armor.c has two increments of an index variable where one is intended, leading to an out-of-bounds write for crafted input.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7 |
| Attack Vector | LOCAL |
| Attack complexity | HIGH |
| Privileges required | LOW |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | HIGH |
| Integrity impact | HIGH |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | gnupg | Unknown (2.2.40-r0) |
| 25 LTS | gnupg | Fixed (2.4.9-r0) | |
| Stream | gnupg | Fixed (2.4.9-r0) |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/12/29/11
- https://github.com/gpg/gnupg/blob/ff30683418695f5d2cc9e6cf8c9418e09378ebe4/g10/armor.c#L1305-L1306
- https://github.com/gpg/gnupg/commit/115d138ba599328005c5321c0ef9f00355838ca9
- https://github.com/gpg/gnupg/compare/gnupg-2.2.50...gnupg-2.2.51
- https://gpg.fail/memcpy
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/01/msg00008.html
- https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-to-sign-or-not-to-sign-practical-vulnerabilities-i
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46403200
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/12/28/5