01 Record

CVE-2020-24972

The Kleopatra component before 3.1.12 (and before 20.07.80) for GnuPG allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because openpgp4fpr: URLs are supported without safe handling of command-line

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base score8.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:R

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02 Description

The Kleopatra component before 3.1.12 (and before 20.07.80) for GnuPG allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because openpgp4fpr: URLs are supported without safe handling of command-line

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 4.76% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Ranks above 91.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2020-08-29 20:40Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 15:26Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-08-28

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:R

Weaknesses

CWE-116Improper Encoding or Escaping of OutputClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

6959fdbae44662a57b9f1db7df30550d60dbb8f10cf96b467f8304a776043dcc

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

fedoraprojectfedoraNot specified—

kleopatra_projectkleopatraNot specified—

opensusebackports_sleNot specified—

opensuseleapNot specified—

06 References

dev.gnupg.orghttps://dev.gnupg.org/rKLEOPATRAb4bd63c1739900d94c04da03045e9445a5a5f54bx_refsource_MISC
dev.gnupg.orghttps://dev.gnupg.org/source/kleo/browse/master/CMakeLists.txtx_refsource_MISC
security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202008-21https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-21vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-9b441d3153https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IRIPL72WMXTVWS2M7WYV5SNPETYJ2YI7/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1723http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00053.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1754http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00064.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE

01 Record index

CVE-2020-24972

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References

02 Records

CVE-2020-24972

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References