{
  "id": "CVE-2017-8291",
  "url": "https://spydr.io/cve/CVE-2017-8291",
  "published": "2017-04-27T01:59:02.057Z",
  "modified": "2026-06-17T01:26:08.323Z",
  "score": 7.8,
  "severity": "high",
  "cvss_version": "3.1",
  "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
  "score_source": "NVD",
  "epss": 0.96968,
  "epss_percentile": 0.9989,
  "exploited": true,
  "kev": {
    "added": "2022-05-24",
    "due": "2022-06-14",
    "action": "Apply updates per vendor instructions.",
    "ransomware": "Unknown",
    "name": "Artifex Ghostscript Type Confusion Vulnerability",
    "notes": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8291"
  },
  "ssvc_exploitation": "active",
  "vendors": [
    "artifex",
    "debian",
    "redhat"
  ],
  "products": [
    "artifex ghostscript",
    "debian linux",
    "redhat enterprise linux desktop",
    "redhat enterprise linux eus",
    "redhat enterprise linux server",
    "redhat enterprise linux server aus",
    "redhat enterprise linux server tus",
    "redhat enterprise linux workstation"
  ],
  "cwes": [
    "CWE-843"
  ],
  "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.",
  "status": "Analyzed",
  "score_type": "Primary",
  "scores": {
    "cvss_v40": null,
    "cvss_v31": 7.8,
    "cvss_v30": null
  },
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/28/2",
      "tags": [
        "Mailing List",
        "Patch",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838",
      "tags": [
        "Mailing List",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98476",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1230",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697808",
      "tags": [
        "Issue Tracking",
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1446063",
      "tags": [
        "Issue Tracking",
        "Patch",
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036453",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit",
        "Issue Tracking",
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=04b37bbce174eed24edec7ad5b920eb93db4d47d",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41955/",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit",
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-8291",
      "tags": [
        "US Government Resource"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "nvd_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8291",
  "covered_in": [],
  "attribution": [
    {
      "source": "NVD",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov",
      "notice": "This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD."
    },
    {
      "source": "CISA KEV",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog",
      "notice": "Known exploited vulnerabilities from the CISA KEV catalog."
    },
    {
      "source": "FIRST EPSS",
      "url": "https://www.first.org/epss",
      "notice": "Exploit prediction scores from FIRST EPSS."
    }
  ]
}