CVE-2017-1000159

7.8 HIGH
Published: November 27, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026
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Description

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

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784947
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00006.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00013.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00014.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/18
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-15
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4624
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784947
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00006.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00013.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00014.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/18
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-15
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4624
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

14 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.4%
59th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-78

Affected Vendors

gnome

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