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Vulnerability record

CVE-2017-8291

Artifex Ghostscript Type Confusion Vulnerability

HighExploitation confirmedCISA KEV
What should I do?

This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run Ghostscript, fix it now.

CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

US federal civilian agencies must remediate by Jun 14, 2022.

Patch status

Official fix available since

Apply the vendor's update to every affected system. Check the fixed-in versions below where known.

Basis: NVD patch reference

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.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Affected products

ProductVendorAffected versionsFixed inSource
GhostscriptArtifex< 9.219.21KEV

Sources: KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Intelligence timeline

Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.

  1. CVSS scoredUpdateKEV

    CVE-2017-8291 scored CVSS 7.8: Artifex Ghostscript, Artifex Ghostscript Type Confusion Vulnerability

    CISA lists this as exploited in the wild. Unpatched Ghostscript systems are exposed to active attacks now.

    Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database

  2. Patch releasedUpdateKEV

    Patch released for CVE-2017-8291: Artifex Ghostscript, Artifex Ghostscript Type Confusion Vulnerability

    An official fix is now available for Artifex Ghostscript. This vulnerability is being exploited, so apply it promptly.

    Basis: NVD patch reference

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References