ghsa-rh88-cwv2-gjxm
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 03:53
Modified
2025-10-22 00:31
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

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.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-8291"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-704",
      "CWE-843"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-04-27T01:59:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-rh88-cwv2-gjxm",
  "modified": "2025-10-22T00:31:21Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T03:53:46Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8291"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1230"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697808"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1446063"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036453"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=04b37bbce174eed24edec7ad5b920eb93db4d47d"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=04b37bbce174eed24edec7ad5b920eb93db4d47d"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-8291"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41955"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/28/2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98476"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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