CVE-2017-8291
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8291
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-8291.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-8291
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-04-27T01:59:02Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:27Z
- Severity
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- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- 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://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41955/
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=04b37bbce174eed24edec7ad5b920eb93db4d47d