CVE-2011-4124

Publication date 27 October 2021

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

Input validation issues were found in Calibre at devices/linux_mount_helper.c which can lead to argument injection and elevation of privileges.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
calibre 11.10 oneiric
Not affected
11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release

Notes

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Ubuntu, from 10.10 (maverick) and after, uses the udisk-based shell script that Martin Pitt wrote instead of the upstream calibre setuid helper. In Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (lucid), the calibre package does not include the setuid helper at all.

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 9.8 · Critical

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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