{"cve":"CVE-2006-6169","nvd":{"published":"2006-11-29T18:28:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:32:36.313","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"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","http://secunia.com/advisories/23110"],"products":["gnupg:gnupg"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:43:14.363260067+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2006-6169","score":0.03464,"percentile":0.89056,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}