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CVE-2025-6196

A flaw was found in libgepub, a library used to read EPUB files. The software mishandles file size calculations when opening specially crafted EPUB files, leading to incorrect memory allocations. This issue causes the application to crash. Known affected usage includes desktop services like Tumbler, which may process malicious files automatically when browsing directories. While no direct remote attack vectors are confirmed, any application using libgepub to parse user-supplied EPUB content coul
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:4324ebf87c15b3cf745db3a03bafd9e6e6eedccd473427f48b52e22b0013b15c
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

affected · 2 assertions

{"collectionURL":"https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgepub/","defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageName":"libgepub","versions":[{"lessThan":"0.7.2","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:5936d46011e132824883ba4e597388a7b9b35d885652af816a3cb382fb4facdd · sha256:5158cdc065d8b8aa… · /containers/cna/affected/0

{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"],"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"libgepub","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7","vendor":"Red Hat"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:5936d46011e132824883ba4e597388a7b9b35d885652af816a3cb382fb4facdd · sha256:5158cdc065d8b8aa… · /containers/cna/affected/1

Affected products and versions

2 source assertions
{"collectionURL":"https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgepub/","defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageName":"libgepub","versions":[{"lessThan":"0.7.2","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:5936d46011e132824883ba4e597388a7b9b35d885652af816a3cb382fb4facdd · sha256:5158cdc065d8b8aa… · /containers/cna/affected/0
{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"],"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"libgepub","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7","vendor":"Red Hat"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:5936d46011e132824883ba4e597388a7b9b35d885652af816a3cb382fb4facdd · sha256:5158cdc065d8b8aa… · /containers/cna/affected/1

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":5.5,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"NONE","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:5936d46011e132824883ba4e597388a7b9b35d885652af816a3cb382fb4facdd · sha256:5158cdc065d8b8aa… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-190","description":"Integer Overflow or Wraparound","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:5936d46011e132824883ba4e597388a7b9b35d885652af816a3cb382fb4facdd · sha256:5158cdc065d8b8aa… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

3 source assertions
{"tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_REDHAT"],"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6196"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:5936d46011e132824883ba4e597388a7b9b35d885652af816a3cb382fb4facdd · sha256:5158cdc065d8b8aa… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"name":"RHBZ#2373117","tags":["issue-tracking","x_refsource_REDHAT"],"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2373117"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:5936d46011e132824883ba4e597388a7b9b35d885652af816a3cb382fb4facdd · sha256:5158cdc065d8b8aa… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"url":"https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgepub/-/issues/18"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:5936d46011e132824883ba4e597388a7b9b35d885652af816a3cb382fb4facdd · sha256:5158cdc065d8b8aa… · /containers/cna/references/2

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

Provider severity values are preserved separately. Baitaphish does not convert them into a risk rating, infer affected products, or treat EPSS as observed exploitation.

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