USN-5659-1

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    USN-5659-1

    Published: 5 Oct 2022Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: kitty vulnerabilities

    Details: Stephane Chauveau discovered that kitty incorrectly handled image filenames with special characters in error messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary commands. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-35605) Carter Sande discovered that kitty incorrectly handled escape sequences in desktop notifications. A remote attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary commands. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-41322)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5659-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-35605, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-41322

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: kitty

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=focal

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.15.0-1ubuntu0.2

    Affected versions

    0.14.3-1
    0.14.4-1
    0.14.6-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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