CVE-2018-7889
N/A
Published: March 8, 2018 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:03 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCalibre
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/1753870x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/commit/aeb5b036a0bf657951756688b3c72bd68b6e4a7dQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-502
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