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CVE-2017-1000083

N/A
Published: September 5, 2017 at 06:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:58 AM UTC
8 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxEnterprise Linux DesktopEnterprise Linux Server

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 51%

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (8)

x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/128
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3911
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99597
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2388
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784630
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/GNOME/evince/commit/717df38fd8509bf883b70d680c9b1b3cf36732ee
Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45824/
Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46341/

CVSS

6.8MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo

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