UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7889

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-7889
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7889.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7889
Upstream
Published
2018-03-08T21:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:48Z
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
  • Ubuntu - medium
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

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / calibre

Package

Name
calibre
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/calibre@2.55.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.33.0+dfsg-1build1
2.38.0+dfsg-1
2.45.0+dfsg-1
2.45.0+dfsg-1build1
2.48.0+dfsg-1
2.48.0+dfsg-1build1
2.54.0+dfsg-1
2.55.0+dfsg-1
2.55.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.55.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "calibre"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.55.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "calibre-bin"
        }
    ]
}