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CVE-2017-1000159

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-11-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

Command injection in evince via filename when printing to PDF. This affects versions earlier than 3.25.91.

Affected products

• GNOME Evince: before 3.25.91 — fixed in 3.25.91

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GNOME Evince 3.25.91. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784947
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00006.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00013.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00014.html
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/18
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-15
• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4624
• https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784947
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00006.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00013.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00014.html
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/18

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