CVE-2024-6781 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Path traversal in Calibre <= 7.14.0 allow unauthenticated attackers to achieve arbitrary file read.

Published: 2024-08-06

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 62.7% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Calibre

Calibre

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`7.14.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:calibre-ebook:calibre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.62696.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/commit/bcd0ab12c41a887f8290a9b56e46c3a29038d9c4
https://starlabs.sg/advisories/24/24-6781/

History

Mon, 19 Aug 2024 17:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Calibre-ebook Calibre-ebook calibre
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:calibre-ebook:calibre::::::::
Vendors & Products		Calibre-ebook Calibre-ebook calibre

Subscriptions

Calibre Calibre

Calibre-ebook Calibre

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: STAR_Labs

Published: 2024-08-06T03:38:45.309Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T14:49:38.742Z

Reserved: 2024-07-16T03:02:26.032Z

Link: CVE-2024-6781

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-06T14:49:31.876Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-08-06T04:16:46.233

Modified: 2026-06-17T08:18:42.010

Link: CVE-2024-6781

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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