CVE-2017-8291
Detail
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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 Version 4.0
CVSS Version 3.x
CVSS Version 2.0
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:
NVD assessment
not yet provided.
CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:
Vector:
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
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URL
Source(s)
Tag(s)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/28/2
CVE, MITRE
Mailing List
Patch
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838
CVE, MITRE
Mailing List
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98476
CVE, MITRE
Broken Link
Third Party Advisory
VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1230
CVE, MITRE
Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697808
CVE, MITRE
Issue Tracking
Third Party Advisory
VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1446063
CVE, MITRE
Issue Tracking
Patch
Third Party Advisory
VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036453
CVE, MITRE
Exploit
Issue Tracking
Third Party Advisory
VDB Entry
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=04b37bbce174eed24edec7ad5b920eb93db4d47d
CVE, MITRE
Broken Link
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06
CVE, MITRE
Third Party Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-8291
CISA-ADP
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41955/
CVE, MITRE
Exploit
Third Party Advisory
VDB Entry
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-843
Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')
NIST
CISA-ADP
Change History
18 change records found show changes
CVE Modified by CISA-ADP 10/21/2025 8:16:11 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Added
Reference
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-8291
CVE Modified by CISA-ADP 10/21/2025 4:17:00 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Removed
Reference
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-8291
CVE Modified by CISA-ADP 10/21/2025 3:17:16 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Added
Reference
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-8291
Modified Analysis by NIST 3/14/2025 4:34:14 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
CVE Modified by CISA-ADP 2/04/2025 4:15:13 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Added
CVSS V3.1
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Added
CWE
CWE-843
Modified Analysis by NIST 1/22/2025 3:12:16 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 10:33:42 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Added
Reference
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/28/2
Added
Reference
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838
Added
Reference
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98476
Added
Reference
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1230
Added
Reference
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697808
Added
Reference
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1446063
Added
Reference
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036453
Added
Reference
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=04b37bbce174eed24edec7ad5b920eb93db4d47d
Added
Reference
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06
Added
Reference
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41955/
Modified Analysis by NIST 7/02/2024 9:01:53 AM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Added
CVSS V3.1
NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Removed
CVSS V3
NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Added
CWE
NIST CWE-843
Removed
CWE
NIST CWE-704
Changed
CPE Configuration
OR
*cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 9.21
OR
*cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 9.21
Added
CPE Configuration
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Added
CPE Configuration
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Changed
Reference Type
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838 No Types Assigned
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98476 No Types Assigned
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98476 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed
Reference Type
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1230 No Types Assigned
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1230 Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=04b37bbce174eed24edec7ad5b920eb93db4d47d No Types Assigned
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=04b37bbce174eed24edec7ad5b920eb93db4d47d Broken Link
Changed
Reference Type
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06 No Types Assigned
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06 Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41955/ No Types Assigned
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41955/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Modified by MITRE 5/14/2024 12:46:56 AM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
CVE Modified by MITRE 11/06/2023 9:50:23 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Added
Reference
MITRE https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=04b37bbce174eed24edec7ad5b920eb93db4d47d [No types assigned]
Removed
Reference
MITRE https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=04b37bbce174eed24edec7ad5b920eb93db4d47d
CVE Modified by MITRE 1/04/2018 9:31:53 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Added
Reference
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1230 [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 11/03/2017 9:29:53 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Added
Reference
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838 [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 8/21/2017 9:29:01 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Added
Reference
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06 [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 8/15/2017 9:29:21 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Added
Reference
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41955/ [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 5/26/2017 9:29:02 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Added
Reference
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98476 [No Types Assigned]
Initial Analysis by NIST 5/09/2017 8:31:46 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Added
CVSS V3
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Added
CVSS V2
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Added
CWE
CWE-704
Added
CPE Configuration
OR
*cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
Changed
Reference Type
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/28/2 No Types Assigned
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/28/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697808 No Types Assigned
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697808 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed
Reference Type
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1446063 No Types Assigned
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1446063 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed
Reference Type
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036453 No Types Assigned
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036453 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed
Reference Type
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=04b37bbce174eed24edec7ad5b920eb93db4d47d No Types Assigned
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=04b37bbce174eed24edec7ad5b920eb93db4d47d Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Modified by MITRE 4/28/2017 9:59:02 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Added
Reference
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/28/2 [No Types Assigned]
Added
Reference
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=04b37bbce174eed24edec7ad5b920eb93db4d47d [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 4/27/2017 9:59:01 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Changed
Description
Artifex Ghostscript through 2017-04-26 allows -dSAFER bypass and remote command execution via 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.
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.
Added
Reference
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1446063 [No Types Assigned]
Added
Reference
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036453 [No Types Assigned]
Quick Info
CVE Dictionary Entry: CVE-2017-8291 NVD
Published Date: 04/26/2017 NVD
Last Modified: 10/21/2025
Source: MITRE
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