DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7889

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-7889
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7889.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7889
Upstream
Published
2018-03-08T21:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-30T03:54:24Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

gui2/viewer/bookmarkmanager.py in Calibre 3.18 calls cPickle.load on imported bookmark data, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .pickle file, as demonstrated by Python code that contains an os.system call.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / calibre

Package

Name
calibre
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/calibre?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.19.0+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / calibre

Package

Name
calibre
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/calibre?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.19.0+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / calibre

Package

Name
calibre
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/calibre?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.19.0+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / calibre

Package

Name
calibre
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/calibre?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.19.0+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}