High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 29, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-24972
CVE-2020-24972
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.
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Affected products
8- cpe:2.3:a:kleopatra_project:kleopatra:*:*:*:*:*:gnupg:*:*Range: <20.07.80
- cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- GnuPG/Kleopatradescription
- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/kleopatra&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/suse/kleopatra&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP1
< 18.12.3-lp151.2.4.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 18.12.3-lp151.2.4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 18.12.3-bp151.3.3.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- dev.gnupg.org/rKLEOPATRAb4bd63c1739900d94c04da03045e9445a5a5f54bnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- dev.gnupg.org/source/kleo/browse/master/CMakeLists.txtnvdExploitVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00053.htmlnvdBroken LinkMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00064.htmlnvdBroken LinkMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-21nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IRIPL72WMXTVWS2M7WYV5SNPETYJ2YI7/nvd
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