CVE-2026-104982
This manipulation causes path traversal.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.43%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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".
- CVSS 4.0
- 2.1 LOWCVSS: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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.43% probability · 38th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Source
- cna@vuldb.com
EPSS moved from 0.4% on 3 October 2026 to 0.4% on 26 October 2026.
References
- 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: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.