CVE-2026-104982
MEDIUMCVSS 4.3A flaw has been found in Linux Mint Xreader up to 4.6.5. This issue affects the function setup_document_content_list/g_strdup_printf of the file backend/epub/epub-document.c of the component EPUB File Handler. This manipulation causes path traversal. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit has been published and may be used. Upgrading to version 4.6.6 is capable of addressing this issue. Patch name: a5aecea074e8564b7a22f1ce054b31ec862974b7. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component. One of the project maintainers explains, that "EPUB support was removed from Xreader and reimplemented in Xepub".
CVSS v3: 4.3 (MEDIUM)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2: 5.0
- https://gist.github.com/rodtvs/63a34e7b20a9f97a1a7167a8a1db49c2
- https://github.com/linuxmint/xreader/commit/a5aecea074e8564b7a22f1ce054b31ec862974b7
- https://github.com/linuxmint/xreader/issues/713
- https://github.com/linuxmint/xreader/releases/tag/4.6.6
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-104982
- https://vuldb.com/submit/964347
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/413198
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/413198/cti
Source: NIST NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute