CVE-2020-35605

⛔ critical

Summary

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.

CVSS Score

9.8

Critical

EPSS Score

5.5

Exploit Probability

Published Date

2020-12-21

First Seen: 2026-01-05

📊 Relative Risk Intelligence

This CVE is Very High Risk - more severe than 90.5% of all 329,456 vulnerabilities in our database.

#31,311

Top 10% most severe

Severity Percentile

Last Modified 2025-04-24

Source NVD 🔗

CVSS Vector 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

📦 Affected Products 2

Vendor	Product	Status	Affected Versions
debian	debian_linux	Affected	v10.0
kovidgoyal	kitty	Affected	< 0.19.3

🔗 References 3

https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/commit/82c137878...

Patch Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/3128

Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4819

Third Party Advisory

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