CVE-2016-10187

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The E-book viewer in calibre before 2.75 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted epub file with JavaScript.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/29/8Mailing List, Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/9Mailing List, Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95909Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/1651728Exploit, Issue Tracking
https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/commit/3a89718664cb8cPatch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/29/8Mailing List, Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/9Mailing List, Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95909Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/1651728Exploit, Issue Tracking
https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/commit/3a89718664cb8cPatch

Timeline

Published: Mar 16, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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