vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2025-53964: goldendict -- security update

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:P)
Published
Jul 17, 2025
Added
Jul 21, 2025
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

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.

Solution

no-fix-debian-deb-package
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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