UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13640

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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

CVE-2019-13640

Published

2019-07-17T22:15:00Z

Modified

2025-10-24T04:47:43Z

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:18.04:LTS / qbittorrent

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.3.7-3

3.3.15-1

4.*

4.0.3-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "qbittorrent",
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qbittorrent-nox",
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13640.json"