CVE-2014-3591
lowpriority · track · 17EPSS 0.006 · 49 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Libgcrypt before 1.6.3 and GnuPG before 1.4.19 does not implement ciphertext blinding for Elgamal decryption, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain the server's private key by determining factors using crafted ciphertext and the fluctuations in the electromagnetic field during multiplication.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 1.9–4.2
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affected products (6)
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also known as (3)
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references (17)
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- http://www.cs.tau.ac.il/~tromer/radioexp/cnnvd
- https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2015q1/000363.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2015q1/000364.htmlcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3591cnnvd
- https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3184cnnvd
- https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3185cnnvd
- https://www.gnupg.org/software/libgcryptPatchcnnvd
- http://www.cs.tau.ac.il/~tromer/radioexp/enisa_euvd
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