CVE-2001-0071

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.

Published: 2001-02-12 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-0071 is rated Low Risk (19.7/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.40%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-0071

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.14% 0.40% +0.26%
2 2025-03-30 0.19% 0.14% -0.05%
3 2025-03-29 0.19%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-0071

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-0071

OS Trackers for CVE-2001-0071

vendor priority summary link
redhat https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2001-0071

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-0071

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnu privacy_guard 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:privacy_guard:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu privacy_guard 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:privacy_guard:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu privacy_guard 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:privacy_guard:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu privacy_guard 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:privacy_guard:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu privacy_guard 1.0.3b cpe:2.3:a:gnu:privacy_guard:1.0.3b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-0071

cvelogic Threat Intelligence