CVE-2017-1000083

high

Published 2017-09-05 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

7.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Metasploit modules

exploit_multi/fileformat/evince_cbt_cmd_injection rank 600

Evince CBT File Command Injection

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`1.16.1-2.1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`1.16.1-2.1`
debian	forky	fixed	`1.16.1-2.1`
debian	sid	fixed	`1.16.1-2.1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`1.16.1-2.1`
arch		fixed	`3.24.0+12+g717df38f-1`
sles		affected
debian	8.0	affected
debian	9.0	affected
rhel	7.0	affected
rhel	7.4	affected
rhel	7.5	affected
rhel	7.6	affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
gnome	evince	`{"endIncluding":"3.24.0"}`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.