Ubuntu alert USN-8295-1 (evince)

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[USN-8295-1] Evince vulnerability
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Fri, 22 May 2026 14:29:02 +0000
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8295-1
May 22, 2026

evince vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 25.10
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Summary:

Evince could be made to run programs as your login if it opened a
specially crafted file.

Software Description:
- evince: Document viewer

Details:

It was discovered that Evince did not properly sanitize command-line
arguments in PDF /GoToR actions. If a user opened a specially crafted PDF
file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
  evince                          49~alpha-2ubuntu2.1
  evince-common                   49~alpha-2ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 25.10
  evince                          48.1-3ubuntu2.1
  evince-common                   48.1-3ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  evince                          46.3.1-0ubuntu1.1
  evince-common                   46.3.1-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  evince                          42.3-0ubuntu3.2
  evince-common                   42.3-0ubuntu3.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8295-1
  CVE-2026-46529

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/49~alpha-2ubu...
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/48.1-3ubuntu2.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/46.3.1-0ubunt...
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/42.3-0ubuntu3.2


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