A 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".

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction Passive

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

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Vendor Product Default status Versions
Linux Mint Xreader affected
Version Status Constraints
4.6.0 affected —
4.6.1 affected —
4.6.2 affected —
4.6.3 affected —
4.6.4 affected —
4.6.5 affected —
4.6.6 unaffected —

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https://gist.github.com/rodtvs/63a34e7b20a9f97a1a7167a8a1db49c2 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/linuxmint/xreader/commit/a5aecea074e8564b7a22f1ce054b31ec862974b7 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/linuxmint/xreader/issues/713 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/linuxmint/xreader/releases/tag/4.6.6 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-104982 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/submit/964347 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/413198 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/413198/cti cve-icon cve-icon
History

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 08:15:00 +0000

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Description A 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".
Title Linux Mint Xreader EPUB File epub-document.c g_strdup_printf path traversal
First Time appeared Linux Mint
Linux Mint xreader
Weaknesses CWE-22
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux_mint:xreader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux Mint
Linux Mint xreader
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 5, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-03T08:00:14.805Z

Reserved: 2026-10-02T18:33:00.512Z

Link: CVE-2026-104982

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-03T08:16:26.293

Modified: 2026-10-03T08:16:26.293

Link: CVE-2026-104982

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Updated: 2026-10-03T09:30:19Z

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