CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-1000159

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A command injection vulnerability has been identified in the evince application when printing to PDF using a filename. This affects versions earlier than 3.25.91.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary system commands, potentially leading to serious security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the evince application to version 3.25.91 or later to mitigate the risks associated with this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS