CVE-2003-0978

critical

Description

Format string vulnerability in gpgkeys_hkp (experimental HKP interface) for the GnuPG (gpg) client 1.2.3 and earlier, and 1.3.3 and earlier, allows remote attackers or a malicious keyserver to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code during key retrieval.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13892

http://www.s-quadra.com/advisories/Adv-20031203.txt

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_048_gpg.html

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107047470625214&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-01-05

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02116