CVE-2023-51698 CRITICAL

CVE-2023-51698: Atril's CBT comic book parsing vulnerable to Remote Code Execution

Vendor Mate-Desktop
Product atril
Weakness CWE-78
Published January 12, 2024
Last update June 17, 2025
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CVSS base score

9.6/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 12, 2024 CVE published
June 17, 2025 Record updated