Vulnerabilites related to EpubCheck - EpubCheck
CVE-2016-9487 (GCVE-0-2016-9487)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-07-13 20:00
Modified
2024-08-06 02:50
Severity ?
CWE
Summary
EpubCheck 4.0.1 does not properly restrict resolving external entities when parsing XML in EPUB files during validation. An attacker who supplies a specially crafted EPUB file may be able to exploit this behavior to read arbitrary files, or have the victim execute arbitrary requests on his behalf, abusing the victim's trust relationship with other entities.
References
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/779243 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT-VN
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94864/ vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
EpubCheck EpubCheck Version: 4.0.1
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