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Vulnerability · Published Sep 23, 2022 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2022-41322

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in the kitty package (Debian). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 46% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 54.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In Kitty before 0.26.2, insufficient validation in the desktop notification escape sequence can lead to arbitrary code execution. The user must display attacker-controlled content in the terminal, then click on a notification popup.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12kitty0.21.2-2DEBIAN-CVE-2022-41322
Debian:13kitty0.21.2-2DEBIAN-CVE-2022-41322
Debian:14kitty0.21.2-2DEBIAN-CVE-2022-41322
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSkitty0.21.2-1ubuntu0.22.04.1USN-5659-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSkitty0.21.2-1ubuntu0.22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-41322

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

Weakness: CWE-116 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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