CVE-2017-1000159
Command injection in evince via filename when printing to PDF. This affects versions earlier than 3.25.91.
02 Description
Command injection in evince via filename when printing to PDF. This affects versions earlier than 3.25.91.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 72.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-11-27 15:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 21:53Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-11-27
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c76e581bd64cd0fd037c41ae55884cec768ef76b9352e263da0c161a29191510
05 Affected products
06 References
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201804-15https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-15
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20171211 [SECURITY] [DLA 1204-1] evince security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00006.html
- bugzilla.gnome.orghttps://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784947
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20190813 [SECURITY] [DLA 1881-1] evince security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00013.html
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20190813 [SECURITY] [DLA 1882-1] atril security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00014.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-4624https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4624
- seclists.org20200216 [SECURITY] [DSA 4624-1] evince security updatehttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/18
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- atril Fixed in 1.20.0-1
- evince Fixed in 3.25.92-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- atril Fixed in 1.20.0-1
- evince Fixed in 3.25.92-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- atril Fixed in 1.20.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- evince Fixed in 3.10.3-0ubuntu10.4
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- atril Fixed in 1.12.2-1ubuntu0.3
- evince Fixed in 3.18.2-1ubuntu4.3
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.