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CVE-2026-104982 Details

Description

A flaw has been found in Linux Mint Xreader up to 4.6.5. This issue affects the function setup_document_content_list/g_strdup_printf of the file backend/epub/epub-document.c of the component EPUB File Handler. This manipulation causes path traversal. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit has been published and may be used. Upgrading to version 4.6.6 is capable of addressing this issue. Patch name: a5aecea074e8564b7a22f1ce054b31ec862974b7. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component. One of the project maintainers explains, that "EPUB support was removed from Xreader and reimplemented in Xepub".

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:4.3 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://gist.github.com/rodtvs/63a34e7b20a9f97a1a7167a8a1db49c2	[email protected]
https://github.com/linuxmint/xreader/commit/a5aecea074e8564b7a22f1ce054b31ec862974b7	[email protected]
https://github.com/linuxmint/xreader/issues/713	[email protected]
https://github.com/linuxmint/xreader/releases/tag/4.6.6	[email protected]
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-104982	[email protected]
https://vuldb.com/submit/964347	[email protected]
https://vuldb.com/vuln/413198	[email protected]
https://vuldb.com/vuln/413198/cti	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-22	Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')	[email protected]

Affected Products

No affected product data is available for this CVE.

Change History

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