CVE-2018-7889 is a critical deserialization vulnerability affecting Calibre 3.18, specifically within its bookmark import functionality. Attackers can achieve arbitrary code execution by tricking a user into importing a specially crafted .pickle file, leveraging the insecure use of cPickle.load. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (HIGH), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity but high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.18.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:calibre-ebook:calibre:3.18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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