Command injection in evince via filename when printing to PDF.
Priority LOW 37CWE-78Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-78.
Summary
Command injection in evince via filename when printing to PDF. This affects versions earlier than 3.25.91.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01406 72nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-1000159
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vvj5-83p2-x3pp
References
Advisory 2
More GNOME Evince vulnerabilities
- TI-2017-14420 backend/comics/comics-document.c (aka the comic book backend) in GNOME Evince before… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2019-15948 Integer overflow in Evince CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2011-00360 Heap-based buffer overflow in the linetoken function in afmparse.c in t1lib, as used in… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
- TI-2011-04519 Multiple off-by-one errors in the (1) token and (2) linetoken functions in… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
- TI-2019-08554 The tiff_document_render() and tiff_document_get_thumbnail() functions in the TIFF… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2013-03239 evince is missing a check on number of pages which can lead to a segmentation fault CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
Sources
- CVE-2017-1000159 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-1000159 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vvj5-83p2-x3pp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2017-1000159 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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