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FKIE_CVE-2025-65409

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-12-30 18:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 09:55
Summary
A divide-by-zero in the encryption/decryption routines of GNU Recutils v1.9 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via inputting an empty value as a password.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnu recutils 1.9

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