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CVE-2003-0978

HIGH

7.5

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score0.1790%

EPSS Percentile9.96th

PublishedJan 5, 2004

Last ModifiedApr 16, 2026

Vulnerability 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.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

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Gnu

Privacy Guard

= 1.2

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Gnu

Privacy Guard

= 1.2.1

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Gnu

Privacy Guard

= 1.2.2

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Gnu

Privacy Guard

= 1.2.2

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Gnu

Privacy Guard

= 1.2.3

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Gnu

Privacy Guard

= 1.3.3

References & Advisories

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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