--- title: "CVE-2014-3564\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3564?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2014-3564 Publication date 1 August 2014 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description 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." ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | gpgme1.0 | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1.4.3-0.1ubuntu5.1 | | 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 1.2.0-1.4ubuntu2.1 | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 1.2.0-1.2ubuntu1.1 | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) * [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3564?format=md#patch-details) ### Patch details For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) | Package | Patch details | | --- | --- | | gpgme1.0 | * Upstream: | ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3564) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3564) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-3564) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3564) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-2307-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2307-1) + GPGME vulnerability + 6 August 2014 ### Other references *