FKIE_CVE-2006-6169
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-11-29 18:28 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:32
Severity
Summary
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.
References
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