CVE-2023-51698
Atril's CBT comic book parsing vulnerable to Remote Code Execution
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.6 Critical
- Published
- Jan 12, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2025
- Reserved
- Dec 21, 2023
Description
Atril is a simple multi-page document viewer. Atril is vulnerable to a critical Command Injection Vulnerability. This vulnerability gives the attacker immediate access to the target system when the target user opens a crafted document or clicks on a crafted link/URL using a maliciously crafted CBT document which is a TAR archive. A patch is available at commit ce41df6.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 9.6 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
atrilmate-desktop |
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References
- https://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/security/advisories/GHSA-34rr-j8v9-v4p2
- https://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/commit/ce41df6467521ff9fd4f16514ae7d6ebb62eb1ed
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OZKXNZ3HGH6KH65OEKVCEAOZJWNZ32FQ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OT3UIQOSZ6UNH5QTFOOY2DJ4MITM2C2C/
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