CVE-2020-24972

Upstream information

CVE-2020-24972 at MITRE

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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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	6.5
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	Single
Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Integrity Impact	Partial
Availability Impact	Partial

CVSS v3 Scores

CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	8.8
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector	Network
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	High
Integrity Impact	High
Availability Impact	High
CVSSv3 Version	3.1

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1177932 [IN_PROGRESS]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• openSUSE-SU-2020:1723-1, published Thu Dec 7 12:55:41 2023
• openSUSE-SU-2020:1754-1, published Thu Dec 7 12:55:41 2023

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP1	kleopatra >= 18.12.3-bp151.3.3.1 kleopatra-lang >= 18.12.3-bp151.3.3.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2020-1754
openSUSE Leap 15.1	kleopatra >= 18.12.3-lp151.2.4.1 kleopatra-lang >= 18.12.3-lp151.2.4.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2020-1723

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Sun Aug 30 04:06:08 2020
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 19:26:38 2025