CVE-2020-35605

Debian Security Advisory 4819-1

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The Graphics Protocol feature in graphics.c in kitty before 0.19.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because a filename containing special characters can be included in an error message.

La funcionalidad Graphics Protocol en el archivo graphics.c en kitty versiones anteriores a 0.19.3, permite a atacantes remotos ejecutar código arbitrario porque un nombre de archivo que contiene caracteres especiales puede ser incluido en un mensaje de error

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. 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.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2020-12-21 CVE Reserved
2020-12-21 CVE Published
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2024-08-04 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/3128	2024-08-04

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/commit/82c137878c2b99100a3cdc1c0f0efea069313901	2022-09-01

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4819	2022-09-01

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Kitty Project Search vendor "Kitty Project"		Kitty Search vendor "Kitty Project" for product "Kitty"				< 0.19.3 Search vendor "Kitty Project" for product "Kitty" and version " < 0.19.3"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				10.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "10.0"		-		Affected