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    CVE-2017-8291

    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.

    Published:Apr 26, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 21, 2026
    EPS:Apr 27, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.92862
    CVSS Score:7.8

    CISA Notification

    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.

    Required Action:

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

    Notes:

    No extra notes provided.

    Due Date
    Jun 14, 2022
    1550 days ago
    Alert Date
    May 24, 2022
    1571 days ago

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Artifex
    Product
    Ghostscript
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Desktop
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Eus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Server
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Server Aus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Server Tus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Workstation

    Exploits

    https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036453https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41955/https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036453https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41955/https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41955https://github.com/DaniilOrchikov/PIL-CVE-2017-8291https://github.com/hkcfs/PIL-CVE-2017-8291https://github.com/shun1403/CVE-2017-8291https://github.com/shun1403/PIL-CVE-2017-8291-study

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2025-59800 (CVSS 4.3) — In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1, ocr_begin_page in devices/gdevpdfocr.c has an integer overflow that le…
    CVE-2025-59799 (CVSS 4.3) — Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1 has a stack-based buffer overflow in pdfmark_coerce_dest in devices/vector…
    CVE-2025-59798 (CVSS 4.3) — Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1 has a stack-based buffer overflow in pdf_write_cmap in devices/vector/gdev…
    CVE-2025-48708 (CVSS 4) — gs_lib_ctx_stash_sanitized_arg in base/gslibctx.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.1 lacks argument sanitiz…
    CVE-2025-46646 (CVSS 4.5) — In Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0, decode_utf8 in base/gp_utf8.c mishandles overlong UTF-8 encoding. NOTE:…
    CVE-2025-27832 (CVSS 9.8) — An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. The NPDL device has a Compression buffer overfl…
    CVE-2025-27834 (CVSS 7.8) — An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. A buffer overflow occurs via an oversized Type …
    CVE-2025-27836 (CVSS 9.8) — An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. The BJ10V device has a Print buffer overflow in…
    CVE-2025-27830 (CVSS 7.8) — An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. A buffer overflow occurs during serialization o…
    CVE-2025-27833 (CVSS 7.8) — An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. A buffer overflow occurs for a long TTF font na…

    References

    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://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=04b37bbce174eed24edec7ad5b920eb93db4d47d
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06
    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41955/
    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://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=04b37bbce174eed24edec7ad5b920eb93db4d47d
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06
    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41955/
    https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-8291

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High