CVE-2020-35605 Code injection in n/a

What is CVE-2020-35605?

CVE-2020-35605 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 21 Dec 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-35605?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Kovidgoyal Kitty.

How do I fix CVE-2020-35605?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2020-35605 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-35605 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-35605, DSA-4819-1, GHSA-6fm5-8wjh-r65x, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-35605, openSUSE-SU-2021:0025-1, openSUSE-SU-2024:10896-1.