CVE-2026-24881
Unknown Unknown - Not Provided
BaseFortify

Publication date: 2026-01-27

Last updated on: 2026-02-12

Assigner: MITRE

Description
In GnuPG before 2.5.17, a crafted CMS (S/MIME) EnvelopedData message carrying an oversized wrapped session key can cause a stack-based buffer overflow in gpg-agent during PKDECRYPT--kem=CMS handling. This can easily be leveraged for denial of service; however, there is also memory corruption that could lead to remote code execution.
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Published
2026-01-27
Last Modified
2026-02-12
Generated
2026-05-07
EPSS Evaluated
2026-05-05
NVD
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Affected Vendors & Products
Showing 2 associated CPEs
Vendor Product Version / Range
gnupg gnupg From 2.5.13 (inc) to 2.5.17 (exc)
gpg4win gpg4win From 5.0.0 (inc) to 5.0.1 (exc)
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CWE ID Description
CWE-121 A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function).
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