kitty could be made to run programs if it opened a specially crafted image or desktop notification.
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. (CVE-2020-35605)
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. (CVE-2022-41322)
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