USN-8518-1: mailcap Ubuntu

CVSS: UnknownPublished
Published 08-07-2026Last modified 09-07-2026
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Vulnerability summary

USN-8518-1 is a vulnerability in mailcap Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
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0%100%
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KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 1
CVE-2026-10037

Timeline

  1. 08-07-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 09-07-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

mailcap vulnerability Aaron Rainbolt discovered that the cautious-launcher utility in the mailcap package did not properly restrict the execution of certain file types. An attacker could use this issue to escape a sandboxed application and execute arbitrary code on the host operating system.

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EPSS trend

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Known exploited

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Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

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Affected systems

Ubuntu1 product
  • mailcap< 3.70+nmu1ubuntu1.22.04.1 | < 3.70+nmu1ubuntu1.24.04.1 | < 3.74ubuntu1.1 | < 3.75ubuntu1.1

1 vendor · 1 product

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