CVE-2018-7889
mediumpriority · track · 33EPSS 0.045 · 91 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–7.8
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affected products (2)
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references (6)
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- https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/1753870cnnvd
- https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/commit/aeb5b036a0bf657951756688b3c72bd68b6e4a7dcnnvd
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/1753870enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/commit/aeb5b036a0bf657951756688b3c72bd68b6e4a7denisa_euvd
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/1753870ExploitThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/commit/aeb5b036a0bf657951756688b3c72bd68b6e4a7dPatchnvd
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