CVE-2017-8291
Artifex 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.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 7.8 High
- Status
- Analyzed - cve@mitre.org
- Published
- 2017-04-27
- Last modified
- 2025-10-21
- Known exploited (CISA KEV)
- since 2022-05-24, action due 2022-06-14: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- Weaknesses
- CWE-843
Affected products
- Ghostscript (Artifex)
- Debian Linux (Debian)
- Enterprise Linux Desktop (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Eus (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Server (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Server Aus (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Server Tus (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Workstation (Redhat)
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/28/2
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98476
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1230
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697808
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1446063
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036453
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=04b37bbce174eed24edec7ad5b920eb93db4d47d
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41955/
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-8291
