CVE-2017-1000159

Publication date 27 November 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

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

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
atril 17.10 artful
Fixed 1.18.1-1ubuntu0.1
17.04 zesty Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.12.2-1ubuntu0.3
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
evince 17.10 artful
Not affected
17.04 zesty
Fixed 3.24.0-0ubuntu1.3
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 3.18.2-1ubuntu4.3
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 3.10.3-0ubuntu10.4

Patch details

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Package Patch details
evince

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

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