| Name | CVE-2020-17448 |
| Description | Telegram Desktop through 2.1.13 allows a spoofed file type to bypass the Dangerous File Type Execution protection mechanism, as demonstrated by use of the chat window with a filename that lacks an extension. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| telegram-desktop (PTS) | buster | 1.5.11-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 3.1.1+ds-1~deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 4.6.5+ds-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 4.14.9+ds-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| telegram-desktop | source | (unstable) | 2.2.0+ds-1 | | | |
Notes
[buster] - telegram-desktop <no-dsa> (Minor issue)