External Control of File Name or Path
CVE-2025-64486
Summary
calibre is an e-book manager. In versions 8.13.0 and prior, calibre does not validate filenames when handling binary assets in FB2 files, allowing an attacker to write arbitrary files on the filesystem when viewing or converting a malicious FictionBook file. This can be leveraged to achieve arbitrary code execution. This issue is fixed in version 8.14.0.
- LOW
- LOCAL
- PASSIVE
- NONE
CWE-73 - External Control of File Name or Path
The software allows user input to control or influence paths or file names that are used in filesystem operations.
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Advisory Timeline
- Published
