CVE-2017-1000159

evince: Command injection when exporting to PDF

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.8

CVSS 3.0

Review impact separately from score.

Published · July 14, 2017

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

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

Statement

This issue affects the versions of evince as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-77 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')