What is CVE-2024-7009?

CVE-2024-7009 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Calibre, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 4.2/10. Published 2024-08-06.

How severe is CVE-2024-7009?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.2 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Calibre

CVE-2024-7009

Unsanitized user-input in Calibre <= 7.15.0 allow users with permissions to perform full-text searches to achieve SQL injection on the SQLite database.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2024-08-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.139 (96.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.139 · newest: 0.139 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Calibre — versions 7.15.0
Calibre-Ebook Calibre

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

starlabs.sg/advisories/24/24-7009/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation, third-party-advisory)
github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/commit/d56574285e8859d3d715eb7829784ee74337b7d7 (Patch, patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-7009?: CVE-2024-7009 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Calibre, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 4.2/10. Published 2024-08-06.
How severe is CVE-2024-7009?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.2 out of 10.