Low
Security advisory
In GnuPG before 2.5.17, a long signature packet length causes parse_signature to return success with sig->data[] set to a NULL value, leading to a denial of service (application crash).
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-24883
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 7 Nov 2026, 13:08 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In GnuPG before 2.5.17, a long signature packet length causes parse_signature to return success with sig->data[] set to a NULL value, leading to a denial of service (application crash).
osv:CVE-2026-24883
Complete source record
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"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/27/8",
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