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title: "CVE-2025-3155\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2025-3155

Publication date 3 April 2025

Last updated 19 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**7.4 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-3155?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

A flaw was found in Yelp. The Gnome user help application allows the help
document to execute arbitrary scripts. This vulnerability allows malicious
users to input help documents, which may exfiltrate user files to an
external environment.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-3155?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| yelp | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not affected |
| 25.10 questing | Not affected |
| 25.04 plucky | Fixed 42.2-2ubuntu0.1 |
| 24.10 oracular | Fixed 42.2-1ubuntu0.24.10.1 |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Fixed 42.2-1ubuntu0.24.04.1 |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Fixed 42.1-1ubuntu0.1 |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Fixed 3.36.2-0ubuntu1.1 |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Needs evaluation |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Needs evaluation |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

as of 2025-04-15, upstream Yelp developers have not committed a
patch for this issue

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

7.4 · High

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Changed |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | None |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 7.4 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

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

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-3155)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3155)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2025-3155)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-3155)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-7447-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-7447-1)
+ Yelp vulnerability
+ 23 April 2025

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-3155>
* <https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-3155>
* <https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2025/04/15/dangerous-arbitrary-file-read-vulnerability-in-yelp-cve-2025-3155/>