CVE-2017-8291: Artifex Ghostscript Type Confusion Vulnerability
High · CVSS 7.8 (CVSS 3.1)KEV known exploitedEPSS 97.0%, 100th percentilePublished Updated Assigner: mitre
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: Artifex Ghostscript Type Confusion Vulnerability.
Added , federal remediation due . Known ransomware use: Unknown.
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
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.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
Artifex: Ghostscript
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/28/2 (opens in new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1230 (opens in new tab)
- bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi (opens in new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (opens in new tab)
- bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi (opens in new tab)
- git.ghostscript.com (opens in new tab)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06 (opens in new tab)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41955/ (opens in new tab)
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838 (opens in new tab)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/98476 (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)