GoldenDict 1.5.0 and 1.5.1 has an exposed dangerous method that allows reading and modifying files when a user adds a crafted dictionary and then searches for any term included in that dictionary.
{
"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/53xxx/CVE-2025-53964.json",
"cna_assigner": "mitre"
}{
"extracted_events": [
{
"introduced": "1.5.0"
},
{
"last_affected": "1.5.0"
},
{
"introduced": "1.5.1"
},
{
"last_affected": "1.5.1"
}
],
"source": "CPE_STRING",
"cpe": [
"cpe:2.3:a:goldendict:goldendict:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"cpe:2.3:a:goldendict:goldendict:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
]
}