CVE-2020-35605

Summary

CVECVE-2020-35605
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-12-21 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-09-01 19:43:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Application Kitty Project Kitty All All All All
Application Kitty Project Kitty All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4819-1 kitty DEBIAN www.debian.org
Input injection via graphic protocol · Issue #3128 · kovidgoyal/kitty · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Graphics protocol: Dont return filename in the error message when ope… · kovidgoyal/kitty@82c1378 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 198975 Ubuntu Security Notification for kitty Vulnerabilities (USN-5659-1)
  • 750446 OpenSUSE Security Update for kitty (openSUSE-SU-2021:0025-1)
© CVE.report 2026 |

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report