Vulnerability in GNU Privacy Guard
CVE-2001-0522
Format string vulnerability in Gnu Privacy Guard (aka GnuPG or gpg) 1.05 and earlier can allow an attacker to gain privileges via format strings in the original filename that is stored in an encrypted file.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.137 (96.4th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.137 · newest: 0.137 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- GNU Privacy Guard — versions 7.1, 7.2, 8.0
References
- online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/188218 (mailing-list)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6642 (vdb-entry)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/403051 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/2797 (vdb-entry)
- www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-020.0.txt (vendor-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-073.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.gnupg.org/whatsnew.html
- www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-061 (vendor-advisory)
- www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2001-June/000439.html (vendor-advisory)
- distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/ (vendor-advisory)