CVE-2017-8291
high
KEV
CVSS v3
—
CVSS v2
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VIR risk
9.5
Description
Artifex Ghostscript allows -dSAFER bypass and remote command execution via .rsdparams type confusion with a "/OutputFile.
CISA KEV
- Vendor
- Artifex
- Product
- Ghostscript
- Due date
- 2022-06-14
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
99%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: cisa-kev — https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8291
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8291
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-8291.html
Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201705-3
Exploits
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 9.21-2 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 9.20~dfsg-3.1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 9.20~dfsg-3.1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 9.20~dfsg-3.1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 9.20~dfsg-3.1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 9.20~dfsg-3.1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.