VYPR
Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 29, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2006-6169

CVE-2006-6169

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ask_outfile_name function in openfile.c for GnuPG (gpg) 1.4 and 2.0, when running interactively, might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via messages with "C-escape" expansions, which cause the make_printable_string function to return a longer string than expected while constructing a prompt.

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