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Debian Evince Important Command Injection Risk DLA-4596-1 CVE-2026-46529

debian lts
Calendar Grey May 22, 2026
Dist Debian Esm H88
Evince on Debian LTS fixed command injection risk. Upgrade to 3.38.2-1+deb11u1 to secure PDF handling.
It was discovered that evince, a simple multi-page document viewer, is prone to a command injection vulnerability if a specially crafted PDF file is opened
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Summary

For Debian 11 bullseye, this problem has been fixed in version
3.38.2-1+deb11u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your evince packages.

For the detailed security status of evince please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/evince

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS



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Package: evince
Version: 3.38.2-1+deb11u1
CVE ID: CVE-2026-46529

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