CVE-2017-8291
High 7.8 Exploited in the wild (KEV)
Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog
- Name
- Artifex Ghostscript Type Confusion Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
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.
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.8 (HIGH)
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 97% (percentile: 100) as of 1 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-843
Affected products
artifex: ghostscript; debian: debian linux; redhat: 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
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/28/2 Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1446063 Issue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/28/2 Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1446063 Issue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036453 ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41955/ ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036453 ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41955/ ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98476 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry