CVE-2006-6169
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 3.5%EU EUVD
Heap-based buffer overflow in the ask_outfile_name function in openfile.c for GnuPG (gpg) 1.4 and 2.0, when running interactively, might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via messages with "C-escape" expansions, which cause the make_printable_string function to return a longer string than expected while constructing a prompt.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 3.5% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-6152)
- Published
- November 29, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6152 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnupg / gnupg
- gnupg / gnupg
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061201-01-P.asc
- http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2006q4/000241.html
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Dec/0004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23094(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23110
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23146
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23161
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23171
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23250
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23269
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23284
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23299
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23303
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23513
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24047
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-03.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1927
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017291
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-047.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1231
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:221
- http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.037.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0754.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452829/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453253/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21306
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0068/
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-389-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-393-2
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4736
- https://bugs.g10code.com/gnupg/issue728
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30550
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-826
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11228
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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