vuln-ubuntu/data/osv/usn/USN-3351-1.json

{
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "id": "USN-3351-1",
  "summary": "evince vulnerability",
  "details": "Felix Wilhelm discovered that Evince did not safely invoke tar when\nhandling tar comic book (cbt) files. An attacker could use this to\nconstruct a malicious cbt comic book format file that, when opened\nin Evince, executes arbitrary code. Please note that this update\ndisables support for cbt files in Evince.\n",
  "aliases": [],
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000083"
  ],
  "related": [],
  "published": "2017-07-13T17:06:21Z",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:34Z",
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "evince",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/evince@3.10.3-0ubuntu10.3?arch=source&distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.10.3-0ubuntu10.3"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3.10.0-0ubuntu2",
        "3.10.0-0ubuntu3",
        "3.10.2-0ubuntu1",
        "3.10.3-0ubuntu1",
        "3.10.3-0ubuntu2",
        "3.10.3-0ubuntu3",
        "3.10.3-0ubuntu4",
        "3.10.3-0ubuntu5",
        "3.10.3-0ubuntu6",
        "3.10.3-0ubuntu7",
        "3.10.3-0ubuntu8",
        "3.10.3-0ubuntu9",
        "3.10.3-0ubuntu10",
        "3.10.3-0ubuntu10.1",
        "3.10.3-0ubuntu10.2"
      ],
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "evince",
            "binary_version": "3.10.3-0ubuntu10.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "evince-common",
            "binary_version": "3.10.3-0ubuntu10.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "evince-gtk",
            "binary_version": "3.10.3-0ubuntu10.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-evince-3.0",
            "binary_version": "3.10.3-0ubuntu10.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libevdocument3-4",
            "binary_version": "3.10.3-0ubuntu10.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libevview3-3",
            "binary_version": "3.10.3-0ubuntu10.3"
          }
        ],
        "availability": "No subscription required"
      },
      "database_specific": {
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            {
              "id": "CVE-2017-1000083",
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                {
                  "type": "CVSS_V3",
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
                  "score": "medium"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "evince",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/evince@3.18.2-1ubuntu4.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"
      },
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          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
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            {
              "fixed": "3.18.2-1ubuntu4.1"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3.16.1-0ubuntu1",
        "3.18.1-1ubuntu1",
        "3.18.1-1ubuntu2",
        "3.18.2-1ubuntu1",
        "3.18.2-1ubuntu2",
        "3.18.2-1ubuntu3",
        "3.18.2-1ubuntu4"
      ],
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "evince",
            "binary_version": "3.18.2-1ubuntu4.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "evince-common",
            "binary_version": "3.18.2-1ubuntu4.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "evince-gtk",
            "binary_version": "3.18.2-1ubuntu4.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-evince-3.0",
            "binary_version": "3.18.2-1ubuntu4.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libevdocument3-4",
            "binary_version": "3.18.2-1ubuntu4.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libevview3-3",
            "binary_version": "3.18.2-1ubuntu4.1"
          }
        ],
        "availability": "No subscription required"
      },
      "database_specific": {
        "cves_map": {
          "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
          "cves": [
            {
              "id": "CVE-2017-1000083",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "type": "CVSS_V3",
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
                  "score": "medium"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3351-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000083"
    }
  ]
}