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CVE-2026-33633

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Published: May 19, 2026Modified: May 22, 2026

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8.8
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 5.9
Source: NVD

Description

Kitty is a cross-platform GPU based terminal. Versions 0.46.2 and below contain a heap buffer overflow in load_image_data() that allows any process which can write to the terminal's stdin to crash kitty immediately. The vulnerability is triggered by a single APC graphics protocol command with a PNG format declaration (f=100) whose payload exceeds twice the initial buffer capacity. The overflow is attacker-controlled in both length and content, causing DoS and potentially escalation to RCE itself. This issue has been fixed in version 0.47.0.

Affected (1)

Products: Kovidgoyal: Kitty
1 product
Kitty
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Before 0.47.0

References (3)

Source: security-advisories@github.com
ExploitVendor Advisory
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
ExploitVendor Advisory

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