7.8

CVE-2022-41322: fedoraproject fedora Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesMGASA-2022-0364UBUNTU-CVE-2022-41322DEBIAN-CVE-2022-41322
Published 23-09-2022Last modified 01-06-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-41322 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 0.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
41/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.54%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
USN-5659-1

Timeline

  1. 23-09-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 01-06-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.54%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

44%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.54% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.54%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugs.gentoo.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • kitty< 0.19.3-1+deb11u1 | < 0.21.2-2
Fedoraproject1 product
Kitty_project1 product
Mageia1 product
  • kitty< 0.26.3-1.mga8
Ubuntu1 product
  • kitty< 0.21.2-1ubuntu0.22.04.1

5 vendors · 5 products

References

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