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CVE-2017-1000083
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 51.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2017-09-05 · updated 2026-06-17
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 products
- Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
- GNOME Evince: through 3.24.0
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 7.0
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 7.0, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: 7.4, 7.6
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Eus: 7.4, 7.5, 7.6
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Tus: 7.4, 7.6
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 7.0
References
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/128
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3911
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99597
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2388
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784630
- https://github.com/GNOME/evince/commit/717df38fd8509bf883b70d680c9b1b3cf36732ee
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45824/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46341/
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/128
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3911
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99597
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2388
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