External Control of File Name or Path Affecting calibre package, versions <8.14.0+ds+~0.10.5-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (8th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-CALIBRE-13863866
  • published9 Nov 2025
  • disclosed8 Nov 2025

Introduced: 8 Nov 2025

CVE-2025-64486  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-73  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable calibre to version 8.14.0+ds+~0.10.5-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream calibre package and not the calibre package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

calibre is an e-book manager. In versions 8.13.0 and prior, calibre does not validate filenames when handling binary assets in FB2 files, allowing an attacker to write arbitrary files on the filesystem when viewing or converting a malicious FictionBook file. This can be leveraged to achieve arbitrary code execution. This issue is fixed in version 8.14.0.