CVE-2017-1000083
HIGH7.8EPSS 76.1%atril - security update
Published: 9/5/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (5)
- Debian/atrilfrom 0, < 1.16.1-2.1
- Debian/atrilfrom 0, < 1.8.1+dfsg1-4+deb8u1
- Debian/evincefrom 0, < 3.22.1-4
- Debian/evincefrom 0, < 3.4.0-3.1+deb7u1
- Debian/evincefrom 0, < 3.14.1-2+deb8u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |