CVE-2019-14855
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 20, 2020 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:19 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsFedoraUbuntu LinuxGnuPG
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
A flaw was found in the way certificate signatures could be forged using collisions found in the SHA-1 algorithm. An attacker could use this weakness to create forged certificate signatures. This issue affects GnuPG versions before 2.2.18.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%v < 2.2.18
Affected range stops below 2.2.18, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14855Mailing ListRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2019q4/000442.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-326
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