CVE-2020-24972

Public Exploit

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.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 21.11% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gnupg.org Vendor Advisory gnupg.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://dev.gnupg.org/rKLEOPATRAb4bd63c1739900d94c04da03045e9445a5a5f54b patch vendor advisory
https://dev.gnupg.org/source/kleo/browse/master/CMakeLists.txt exploit vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-21 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IRIPL72WMXTVWS2M7WYV5SNPETYJ2YI7/ vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00053.html mailing list broken link third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00064.html mailing list broken link third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-24972?
CVE-2020-24972 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-24972?
To fix CVE-2020-24972, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-24972 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2020-24972 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~21% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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