CVE-2020-24972 — Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output in Project Kleopatra

CWE-116 — Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output7 documents6 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
21.3%
top 4.30%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Kleopatra Project KleopatraFedoraproject FedoraOpensuse Backports SLE+1 more
Timeline
PublishedAug 29
Latest updateMay 24

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 options. The Qt platformpluginpath command-line option can be used to load an arbitrary DLL.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDopensuse/leap15.1

Also affects: Fedora 32

Patches

Patch: dev.gnupg.org ↗Patch: dev.gnupg.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-p3w5-fpg6-wrh9: The Kleopatra component before 3↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-24972: The Kleopatra component before 3↗2020-08-29
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OSV
CVE-2020-24972: The Kleopatra component before 3↗2020-08-29
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2020-24972: kleopatra - The Kleopatra component before 3.1.12 (and before 20.07.80) for GnuPG allows rem...↗2020
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-24972 kleopatra: allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because openpgp4fpr: URLs are supported without safe handling of command-line options [fedora-all]↗2020-10-12
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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-24972 Kleopatra: allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because openpgp4fpr: URLs are supported without safe handling of command-line options↗2020-10-12
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CVE-2020-24972 — Project Kleopatra vulnerability | cvebase