CVE-2017-8291

Known Exploited Public Exploit

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.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 92.48% Top 5%
KEV Since 
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838 third party advisory vendor advisory mailing list
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036453 third party advisory issue tracking exploit vdb entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1230 vendor advisory third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98476 third party advisory broken link vdb entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41955/ third party advisory exploit vdb entry
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/28/2 third party advisory patch mailing list
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06 vendor advisory third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1446063 third party advisory patch issue tracking vdb entry
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=04b37bbce174eed24edec7ad5b920eb93db4d47d broken link
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697808 third party advisory issue tracking vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-8291?
CVE-2017-8291 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-8291?
To fix CVE-2017-8291, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-8291 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is confirmed that CVE-2017-8291 is actively exploited. Be extra cautious if you are using vulnerable components. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~92% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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