🛡️ CVE-2025-6196
🟡 CVSS 5.5 — Medium ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-190 NVD
5.5
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

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 could be vulnerable to a denial of service.

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE CWE-190
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2025-06-17
Updated 2026-06-02
Modified 2025-08-12
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
libgepub

References

Mitigation, Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6196
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2373117
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgepub/-/issues/18

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