CVE-2020-24972

Summary

CVECVE-2020-24972
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-08-29 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:20:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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 options. The Qt platformpluginpath command-line option can be used to load an arbitrary DLL.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-116

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Application Kleopatra Project Kleopatra All All All All
Application Kleopatra Project Kleopatra All All All All
Application Opensuse Backports Sle 15.0 sp1 All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: kleopatra-19.12.2-2.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
CMakeLists.txt · kleo MISC dev.gnupg.org Exploit, Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1754-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
rKLEOPATRAb4bd63c17399 MISC dev.gnupg.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1723-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: kleopatra-19.12.2-2.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Kleopatra: Remote code execution (GLSA 202008-21) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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