| Name | CVE-2024-6781 |
| Description | Path traversal in Calibre <= 7.14.0 allow unauthenticated attackers to achieve arbitrary file read. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| calibre (PTS) | jessie | 2.5.0+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 2.75.1+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| buster | 3.39.1+dfsg-3 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 5.12.0+dfsg-1+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.12.0+dfsg-1+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.13.0+repack-2+deb12u4 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 7.21.0+ds-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| calibre | source | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| calibre | source | stretch | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| calibre | source | buster | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| calibre | source | bullseye | (not affected) | | | |
| calibre | source | bookworm | (not affected) | | | |
| calibre | source | (unstable) | 7.16.0+ds-1 | | | |
Notes
[bookworm] - calibre <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[bullseye] - calibre <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://starlabs.sg/advisories/24/24-6781/
https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/2075125
Introduced by: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/commit/b45ca52f0f99aaa6da040e594ce7ba3cc7145e02 (v6.16.0)
Fixed by: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/commit/bcd0ab12c41a887f8290a9b56e46c3a29038d9c4 (v7.16.0)