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CVE-2017-1000083

CVE-2017-1000083 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 76.14% · 98.9th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
76.14%
98.9th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSatril0, 1.10.2+repack1-1, 1.12.2-1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSevince3.18.2-1ubuntu1, 0, 3.16.1-0ubuntu1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSevince3.10.3-0ubuntu5, 3.10.3-0ubuntu6, 3.10.3-0ubuntu7

Timeline

  • Jul 13, 2017 CVE Published
  • Nov 13, 2018 PoC Published
  • Feb 7, 2019 PoC Published
  • Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
  • May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Mar 8, 2023 EPSS Score
  • May 8, 2023 EPSS Score
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