gui2/viewer/bookmarkmanager.py in Calibre 3.18 calls... · CVE-2018-7889 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

gui2/viewer/bookmarkmanager.py in Calibre 3.18 calls...

High severity Unreviewed Published May 14, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 2, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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

Published by the National Vulnerability Database

Mar 8, 2018

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 14, 2022

Last updated Feb 2, 2023

Severity

High

7.8

/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector

Local

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

None

User interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H