CVE-2025-68973
HIGH
7
CVSS Score
Published: December 28, 2025 at 04:19 PM UTC
Updated: October 13, 2026 at 09:10 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGnuPG
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Severity
HIGH7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
PoC
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (9)
Issue Tracking
Source: cverecord
https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-to-sign-or-not-to-sign-practical-vulnerabilities-iMailing ListPatch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/12/29/11SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCPoCNot automatableTotal impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-675CWE-787
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