Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GPGME's status_handler Function

CVE-2014-3564 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the status_handler function in (1) engine-gpgsm.c and (2) engine-uiserver.c in GPGME before 1.5.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to "different line lengths in a specific order."

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