Out-of-bounds Write Affecting gnupg2 package, versions <2.2.4-1ubuntu1.6+esm2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-GNUPG2-14849559
  • published9 Jan 2026
  • disclosed28 Dec 2025

Introduced: 28 Dec 2025

CVE-2025-68973  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 gnupg2 to version 2.2.4-1ubuntu1.6+esm2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnupg2 package and not the gnupg2 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

In GnuPG before 2.4.9, 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. (For ExtendedLTS, 2.2.51 and later are fixed versions.)

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1