CVE-2017-1000083: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 51.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• Gnome Evince: up to and including 3.24.0
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 7.0 only; version 7.4 only; version 7.5 only; version 7.6 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: version 7.4 only; version 7.6 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Eus: version 7.4 only; version 7.5 only; version 7.6 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Tus: version 7.4 only; version 7.6 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 7.0 only

Published 2017-09-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.