CVE-2008-7272
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: November 7, 2019 at 11:40 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:03 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFiregpg
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
Description
FireGPG before 0.6 handle user’s passphrase and decrypted cleartext insecurely by writing pre-encrypted cleartext and the user's passphrase to disk which may result in the compromise of secure communication or a users’s private key.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 0.6
Affected range stops below 0.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=514386x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-7272x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://vulners.com/securityvulns/SECURITYVULNS:DOC:20757?utm_source=securityvulns&utm_medium=redirectCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-312
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