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CVE-2017-1000083

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 50.83% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-09-05 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2017-1000083
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
50.83%

Original NVD Description

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.