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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…
High7.5EPSS 13.7%
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Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 13.7% · top 3.5% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (14)
- 20010601 The GnuPG format string bug (was: TSLSA-2001-0009 - GnuPG) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- gnupg-tty-format-string(6642) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- VU#403051 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 2797 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- CSSA-2001-020.0 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CALDERAx_transferred
- RHSA-2001:073 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.gnupg.org/whatsnew.html#rn20010529 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-061 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- TLSA2001028 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TURBOx_transferred
- CLA-2001:399 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- 1845 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- SuSE-SA:2001:020 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- IMNX-2001-70-023-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_IMMUNIXx_transferred
- MDKSA-2001:053 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .