{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13640","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.","modified":"2025-10-24T04:47:43Z","published":"2019-07-17T22:15:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2019-13640"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-13640"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/issues/10925"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-13640"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"qbittorrent","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/qbittorrent@4.0.3-1?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.3.7-3","3.3.15-1","4.0.3-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"4.0.3-1","binary_name":"qbittorrent"},{"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"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}