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kleopatra — security advisory
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.
- Products
- kleopatra
- Affected versions
- 4:17.04.3-0ubuntu1, 4:17.08.3-0ubuntu1, 4:17.12.2-0ubuntu2, 4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1, 4:19.04.3-0ubuntu1, 4:19.04.3-0ubuntu2, 4:19.12.3-0ubuntu1, 4:21.08.1-0ubuntu1, 4:21.08.3-0ubuntu1, 4:21.11.80-0ubuntu1, 4:21.11.90-0ubuntu1, 4:21.12.0-0ubuntu1, 4:21.12.1-0ubuntu1, 4:21.12.2-0ubuntu1, 4:21.12.3-0ubuntu1, 4:23.08.1-0ubuntu1, 4:23.08.2-0ubuntu1, 4:23.08.3-0ubuntu1, 4:23.08.4-0ubuntu1, 4:23.08.5-0ubuntu1, 4:23.08.5-0ubuntu2, 4:23.08.5-0ubuntu3, 4:24.12.3-0ubuntu1, 4:25.04.1-0ubuntu1, 4:25.04.2-0ubuntu1, 4:25.04.3-0ubuntu1, 4:25.07.80-0ubuntu1, 4:25.07.90-0ubuntu1, 4:25.08.0-0ubuntu1, 4:25.08.1-0ubuntu1, 4:25.08.2-0ubuntu1, 4:25.08.3-0ubuntu1, 4:25.11.80-0ubuntu1, 4:25.11.90-0ubuntu1, 4:25.12.0-0ubuntu1, 4:25.12.0-0ubuntu2, 4:25.12.1-0ubuntu1, 4:25.12.1-0ubuntu2, 4:25.12.2-0ubuntu1, 4:25.12.2-0ubuntu2, 4:25.12.3-0ubuntu1, 4:26.04.2-1, 4:26.04.2-2, 4:26.04.3-0ubuntu1, 4:26.07.90-0ubuntu1, 4:26.08.0-0ubuntu1, 4:26.08.1-0ubuntu1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-24972
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:38 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2020-24972
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Complete source record
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