What is CVE-2016-10187?

CVE-2016-10187 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Calibre-Ebook Calibre, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-03-16.

How severe is CVE-2016-10187?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Calibre-Ebook Calibre

CVE-2016-10187

The E-book viewer in calibre before 2.75 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted epub file with JavaScript.

Published 2017-03-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.028 (85.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 85.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.028 · newest: 0.028 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Calibre-Ebook Calibre

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/1651728 (Exploit, Issue Tracking)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/29/8 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/9 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List)
github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/commit/3a89718664cb8c (Patch)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/95909 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10187?: CVE-2016-10187 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Calibre-Ebook Calibre, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-03-16.
How severe is CVE-2016-10187?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.