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CVE-2017-8291 Detail

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.


Severity

 


CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  7.8 HIGH
Vector:  CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H


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Hyperlink Resource
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/28/2 Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
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 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1446063 Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036453 Exploit  Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=04b37bbce174eed24edec7ad5b920eb93db4d47d Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41955/

This CVE is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Reference CISA's BOD 22-01 and Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog for further guidance and requirements.

Vulnerability Name Date Added Due Date Required Action
Artifex Ghostscript Type Confusion Vulnerability 05/24/2022 06/14/2022 Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-704 Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-8291
NVD Published Date:
04/26/2017
NVD Last Modified:
01/04/2018
Source:
MITRE