7.5

CVE-2003-0978: gnu privacy_guard

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
Published 10-12-2003Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2003-0978 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in gnu privacy_guard. EPSS estimates a 2.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.83%
0%100%
Low · +0.07 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 10-12-2003
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.83%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

86%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.07 pp

From 2.76% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.83%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Gnu1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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