High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 8, 2019· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2008-7272

Description

FireGPG before 0.6 handle user’s passphrase and decrypted cleartext insecurely by writing pre-encrypted cleartext and the user's passphrase to disk which may result in the compromise of secure communication or a users’s private key.

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Affected products

Getfiregpg/Firegpg
cpe:2.3:a:getfiregpg:firegpg:*:*:*:*:*:firefox:*:*
Range: <0.6
FireGPG/FireGPGllm-fuzzy
Range: <0.6

Patches

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References

bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-7272nvdThird Party Advisory
vulners.com/securityvulns/SECURITYVULNS:DOC:20757nvdThird Party Advisory

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