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CVE-2017-1000083
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-09-05T06:29:00.180 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:58:42.257

Summary

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

gnome — evince

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References

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