Vulnerabilities / CVE-2011-4125

critical

CVE-2011-4125

A untrusted search path issue was found in Calibre at devices/linux_mo ...

Published Modified CWE 426
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD.

Description

A untrusted search path issue was found in Calibre at devices/linux_mount_helper.c leading to the ability of unprivileged users to execute any program as root.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11calibre1.5.0+dfsg-1
debian 12calibre1.5.0+dfsg-1
debian 13calibre1.5.0+dfsg-1
debian 14calibre1.5.0+dfsg-1
echocalibre1.5.0+dfsg-1

References

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