Name: CVE-2009-1415: Access of Uninitialized Pointer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2009-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2009-1415, CWE-824, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.17762

lib/pk-libgcrypt.c in libgnutls in GnuTLS before 2.6.6 does not properly handle invalid DSA signatures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed DSA key that triggers a (1) free of an uninitialized pointer or (2) double free.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Freebsd	—	Upgrade gnutls-develUpgrade gnutls	Dec 10, 2025	Aug 17, 2009
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade net-libs/gnutls.	Oct 30, 2017	Apr 30, 2009

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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