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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 5, 2004· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2003-0978

CVE-2003-0978

Description

Format string vulnerability in gpgkeys_hkp (experimental HKP interface) for the GnuPG (gpg) client 1.2.3 and earlier, and 1.3.3 and earlier, allows remote attackers or a malicious keyserver to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code during key retrieval.

Affected products

6
  • GNU/Privacy Guard6 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:gnu:privacy_guard:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:privacy_guard:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:privacy_guard:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:privacy_guard:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:privacy_guard:1.2.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:privacy_guard:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:privacy_guard:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

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