CVE-2017-8291

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-8291
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-04-27 01:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:50:00 UTC
DescriptionArtifex Ghostscript through 2017-04-26 allows -dSAFER bypass and remote command execution via .rsdparams type confusion with a "/OutputFile (%pipe%" substring in a crafted .eps document that is an input to the gs program, as exploited in the wild in April 2017.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.928620000 probability, percentile 0.997670000 (date 2026-04-02)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2022-05-24; due 2022-06-14; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: CWE-704

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorArtifex
ProductGhostscript
NameArtifex Ghostscript Type Confusion Vulnerability
Required ActionApply updates per vendor instructions.
Noteshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8291

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Artifex Ghostscript All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 1446063 – CVE-2017-8291 ghostscript: corruption of operand stack MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oss-security - Re: CVE-2017-8291 ghostscript remote code execution MISC openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commit CONFIRM git.ghostscript.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commit git.ghostscript.com
Ghostscript CVE-2017-8291 Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201708-06) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Ghostscript 9.21 - Type Confusion Arbitrary Command Execution (Metasploit) EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Bug 697808 – %pipe% security issue MISC bugs.ghostscript.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Bug 1036453 – VUL-0: CVE-2017-8291: ghostscript,ghostscript-library: Artifex Ghostscript through 2017-04-26 allows -dSAFER bypass and remotecommand execution via a "/Ou... MISC bugzilla.suse.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3838-1 ghostscript DEBIAN www.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 378325 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for ghostscript-devel (VZLSA-2017:1230)
  • 500203 Alpine Linux Security Update for ghostscript
  • 503945 Alpine Linux Security Update for ghostscript
  • 710373 Gentoo Linux GPL Ghostscript Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201708-06)
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