CVE-2025-53964

Exp

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.

Published: 2025-07-17 Last update: 2025-11-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-53964 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.34%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2025-53964

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-53964

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-13 0.05% 0.34% +0.29%
2 2025-09-23 0.04% 0.05% +0.01%
3 2025-07-18 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-53964

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.6 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:L)
Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.
 2.8 6.0 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-53964

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-53964

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-53964 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (goldendict), 8 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 6, DNE 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-53964

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-53964

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
goldendict goldendict 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:goldendict:goldendict:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
goldendict goldendict 1.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:goldendict:goldendict:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-53964

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