CVE-2017-1000159 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00334.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Gnome	Evince

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evince:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-1204-1	evince security update
Debian DLA	DLA-1881-1	evince security update
Debian DLA	DLA-1882-1	atril security update
Debian DSA	DSA-4624-1	evince security update
EUVD	EUVD-2017-1444	Command injection in evince via filename when printing to PDF. This affects versions earlier than 3.25.91.
Ubuntu USN	USN-3503-1	Evince vulnerability

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784947
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00006.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00013.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00014.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000159
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/18
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-15
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1000159
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4624

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00102}`	epss `{'score': 0.00334}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-11-27T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T21:53:07.215Z

Reserved: 2017-11-27T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-1000159

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-11-27T15:29:00.243

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-1000159

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-07-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-1000159 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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