UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13640

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-13640
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13640.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13640
Upstream
Published
2019-07-17T22:15:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:45:12Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

In qBittorrent before 4.1.7, the function Application::runExternalProgram() located in app/application.cpp allows command injection via shell metacharacters in the torrent name parameter or current tracker parameter, as demonstrated by remote command execution via a crafted name within an RSS feed.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / qbittorrent

Package

Name
qbittorrent
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/qbittorrent@4.0.3-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.3.7-3
3.3.15-1

4.*

4.0.3-1