Description
Flameshot is powerful yet simple to use screenshot software. Prior to 14.0.0, the Open With feature wrote screenshots to a predictable temporary path and followed symlinks, creating a time-of-check to time-of-use race that allowed a local unprivileged attacker on the same machine to pre-plant a symlink and cause Flameshot to write PNG data through it, overwriting any file the victim user could write. This issue is fixed in version 14.0.0.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| flameshot-org | flameshot | < 14.0.0 | — |
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.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | flameshot | 14.0.0-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | flameshot | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | flameshot | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | flameshot | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | flameshot | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | flameshot | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | flameshot | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | flameshot | No fix yet | — |