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high 7.5

CVE-2024-6781 in the critical feed json

Calibre Arbitrary File Read

published 2y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2024-47813

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
62.4%
EPSS 62.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.1%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

Patch / fix

  • calibre Debian 14, Debian 13 7.16.0+ds-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-6781

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red hat product security vex CVE-2024-6781 updated cvss 7.5

calibre: Path traversal in Calibre allow unauthenticated attackers to achieve arbitrary file read.

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

62.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.1% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Calibre Calibre

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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