CVE-2001-0522

highpriority · attend · 45EPSS 0.137 · 96 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUS
grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
Public exploit
1 exploit · functional
Likely / severe?
13.7% (96th) EPSS
CVSS 7.5 · high
Is it mine?
6 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
3 sources
enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

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.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–7.5

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4
v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Psecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-134USLLM-inferred
03

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

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affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

05

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

06

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvdfstec_bdunvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2001-08-14modified 2026-06-16
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references (28)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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