DEBIAN-CVE-2017-1000083

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 3
Published: 05 Sept 2017, 06:29
Last modified:19 Nov 2025, 01:12

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
3.0 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

05 Sept 2017, 06:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
19 Nov 2025, 01:12
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

backend/comics/comics-document.c (aka the comic book backend) in GNOME Evince before 3.24.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a .cbt file that is a TAR archive containing a filename beginning with a "--" command-line option substring, as demonstrated by a --checkpoint-action=exec=bash at the beginning of the filename.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • debian•atril

    < 1.16.1-2.1 | < 1.16.1-2.1 | < 1.16.1-2.1 | < 1.16.1-2.1

  • debian•evince

    < 3.22.1-4 | < 3.22.1-4 | < 3.22.1-4 | < 3.22.1-4

References (1)