CVE-2020-24972 (GCVE-0-2020-24972)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-08-29 20:40 – Updated: 2024-08-04 15:26
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:R
CWE
  • n/a
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