CVE-2017-8291

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 27, 2017 at 01:41 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:26 AM UTC
8 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxEnterprise Linux DesktopEnterprise Linux Server

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploitation
CISA KEV
Exploit prediction
EPSS 97%
SSVC
Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score97.0%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 97.0% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 100% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

Artifex Ghostscript allows -dSAFER bypass and remote command execution via .rsdparams type confusion with a "/OutputFile.

Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Added to KEV
May 24, 2022
Remediation Due
Jun 14, 2022
1596 days overdue

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (11)

x_refsource_MISCMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/28/2
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98476
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1230
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697808
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1446063
x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036453

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCActiveNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.8HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-843

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