CVE-2025-62185
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.002 · 5 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
In Ankitects Anki before 25.02.5, a crafted shared deck can place a YouTube downloader executable in the media folder, and this is executed for a YouTube link in the deck. The executable name could be youtube-dl.exe or yt-dlp.exe or yt-dlp_x86.exe.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.7–7.8
ssvc
A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.
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affected products (2)
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also known as (3)
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references (11)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-62185cnnvd
- https://apps.ankiweb.net/Patchcnnvd
- https://github.com/ankitects/anki/commit/5080451829505842b16d4a50f398ad44560a3e48cnnvd
- https://github.com/ankitects/anki/commit/6213c9b6f99ebda181004f8915b92fe3618b939cnnvd
- https://github.com/ankitects/anki/compare/25.02.4...25.02.5cnnvd
- https://github.com/ankitects/anki/commit/5080451829505842b16d4a50f398ad44560a3e48enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/ankitects/anki/commit/6213c9b6f99ebda181004f8915b92fe3618b939enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/ankitects/anki/compare/25.02.4...25.02.5enisa_euvd
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