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Critical · 9.9 CVE-2026-33642 EUVD-2026-30968

Kitty has a Heap Buffer Over-Read/Write via Integer Overflow in compose_rectangles Bounds Check

Published May 19, 2026 · Updated May 19, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Kitty is a cross-platform GPU based terminal. In versions 0.46.2 and below, the handle_compose_command() function in kitty/graphics.c performs bounds validation on composition offsets using unsigned 32-bit arithmetic that is subject to integer wrapping, potentially leading to Heap Buffer Over-Read/Write. An attacker who can write escape sequences to a kitty terminal (e.g., via a malicious file, SSH login banner, or piped content) can supply crafted x_offset/y_offset values that pass the bounds check after wrapping but cause massive out-of-bounds heap memory access in compose_rectangles(). No user interaction is required. No non-default configuration is required. The attacker only needs the ability to produce output in a kitty terminal window. This issue has been fixed in version 0.47.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
kovidgoyal kitty < 0.47.0 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 kitty 0.47.0-1 —
Debian 13 kitty 0.41.1-2+deb13u1 —
Debian 12 kitty No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 25.10 kitty 0.41.1-2+deb13u1build0.25.10.1 —
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 26.04 LTS kitty 0.45.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 —
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS kitty 0.32.2-1ubuntu0.4+esm1 —
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS kitty 0.21.2-1ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm1 —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS kitty 0.15.0-1ubuntu0.2+esm1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 16.0 kitty 0.48.2-bp160.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21599-1

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