VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2017-8291
CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability96.97%
CISA KEVKnown exploited vulnerability
Published2017-04-27
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Known Exploited Vulnerability
Artifex Ghostscript Type Confusion Vulnerability
Vendor / product: Artifex / Ghostscript
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-843: Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory