| Name | CVE-2026-79079 |
| Description | An issue in CrossWire Xiphos <= 4.3.2 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the src/main/url.cc and src/gtk/menu_popup.c components |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| xiphos (PTS) | bookworm | 4.2.1+dfsg1-7 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 4.3.2+dfsg1-1 | vulnerable |
| forky | 4.4.0+dfsg1-1 | fixed |
| sid | 4.5.0+dfsg1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| xiphos | source | (unstable) | 4.4.0+dfsg1-1 | | | |
Notes
https://github.com/crosswire/xiphos/pull/1314
https://gist.github.com/lggcs/c1f98ce55ced44472651b9590d9f199a
Fixed by: https://github.com/crosswire/xiphos/commit/f96ad3273277e7fb24908b40f3aa1e9efeeb4e85 (4.4.0)