CVE-2017-8291

CVE Published 2017-04-27
Related CWE(s) CWE-843: Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion'), CWE-704: Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast
Related Vendor(s) artifex, redhat, debian
Related Product(s) ghostscript, enterprise_linux_server_aus, enterprise_linux_workstation, enterprise_linux_eus, enterprise_linux_server, debian_linux, enterprise_linux_server_tus, enterprise_linux_desktop
Exploitation Reported (CISA KEV) 2022-05-24
CVSS 3 Base Score 7.8 (HIGH)
CVSS 3 Attack Complexity LOW
CVSS 3 Attack Vector LOCAL

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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