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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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- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 9 months later
· 9 months later
Published
- 22 years later
· 22 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
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 (8 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
n/a
- 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)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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