Privacy Guard vulnerabilitiesRanked by how likely they are to be used.

Product35 versions
The short answer

Privacy Guard is made by Gnu. We track 10 published vulnerabilities in it, across 35 versions. None of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. If you run Privacy Guard, keep it on a version the vendor still supports.

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Known exploited

Which Privacy Guard vulnerabilities are being exploited?

This is the list that matters most: flaws criminals are using now.

None of Privacy Guard's published vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. We keep watching that list.

Exploit likelihood

Which Privacy Guard flaws are most likely to be used?

Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.

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  1. 14%

    Format string vulnerability in Gnu Privacy Guard (aka GnuPG or gpg) 1.05 and earlier can allow an attacker to gain privileges via format strings in the original filename that is stored in an encrypted file.

    CVSS7.5Published14 Aug 2001
  2. 6.6%

    The key validation code in GnuPG before 1.2.2 does not properly determine the validity of keys with multiple user IDs and assigns the greatest validity of the most valid user ID, which prevents GnuPG from warning the...

    CVSS10.0Published27 May 2003
  3. 5.9%

    A "stack overwrite" vulnerability in GnuPG (gpg) 1.x before 1.4.6, 2.x before 2.0.2, and 1.9.0 through 1.9.95 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted OpenPGP packets that cause GnuPG to dereference a...

    CVSS10.0Published7 Dec 2006
  4. 3.6%

    GnuPG (GPG) 1.0.2, and other versions up to 1.2.3, creates ElGamal type 20 (sign+encrypt) keys using the same key component for encryption as for signing, which allows attackers to determine the private key from a...

    CVSS5.0Published15 Dec 2003
  5. 3.0%

    GnuPG (gpg) 1.0.3 does not properly check all signatures of a file containing multiple documents, which allows an attacker to modify contents of all documents but the first without detection.

    CVSS7.5Published19 Dec 2000
  6. 2.8%

    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...

    CVSS7.5Published5 Jan 2004
  7. 2.4%

    gpg in GnuPG before 1.4.2.2 does not properly verify non-detached signatures, which allows attackers to inject unsigned data via a data packet that is not associated with a control packet, which causes the check for...

    CVSS5.0Published13 Mar 2006
  8. 2.0%

    gpg (aka GnuPG) 1.0.4 and other versions imports both public and private keys from public key servers without notifying the user about the private keys, which could allow an attacker to break the web of trust.

    CVSS5.0Published12 Feb 2001
  9. 1.4%

    gpgv in GnuPG before 1.4.2.1, when using unattended signature verification, returns a 0 exit code in certain cases even when the detached signature file does not carry a signature, which could cause programs that use...

    CVSS4.6Published15 Feb 2006
  10. 0.4%

    gpg (aka GnuPG) 1.0.4 and other versions does not properly verify detached signatures, which allows attackers to modify the contents of a file without detection.

    CVSS2.1Published12 Feb 2001
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We track 10 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Privacy Guard, across 35 versions.

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