CVE-2017-8291
high · 7.8Actively exploitedOn the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
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Added 2022-05-24Remediation due 2022-06-14
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.
7.8
CVSS
97.0%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
100th
EPSS percentile
2017-04-27
Published
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-843
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| artifex | ghostscript | < 9.21 |
| debian | debian_linux | 8.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 6.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 7.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_eus | 7.3 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_eus | 7.4 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_eus | 7.5 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_eus | 7.6 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_eus | 7.7 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | 6.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | 7.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_aus | 7.3 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_aus | 7.4 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_aus | 7.6 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_aus | 7.7 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_tus | 7.3 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_tus | 7.6 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_tus | 7.7 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | 6.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | 7.0 |
Check a specific version with /api/v1/cve/match.
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
Query this programmatically:
curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2017-8291