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.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evince | Gnome | * | 3.24.0 (including) |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | RedHat | evince-0:3.22.1-5.2.el7_4 | * |
| Atril | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Atril | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
| Atril | Ubuntu | yakkety | * |
| Atril | Ubuntu | zesty | * |
| Evince | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Evince | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Evince | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
| Evince | Ubuntu | yakkety | * |
| Evince | Ubuntu | zesty | * |