FKIE_CVE-2025-53964

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-07-17 20:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 09:39
Severity
9.6 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
Summary
GoldenDict 1.5.0 and 1.5.1 has an exposed dangerous method that allows reading and modifying files when a user adds a crafted dictionary and then searches for any term included in that dictionary.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/goldendict/goldendict/releasesRelease Notes
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/tigr78/CVE-2025-53964Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
goldendict goldendict 1.5.0
goldendict goldendict 1.5.1
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