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CVE-2017-8291 - Artifex Ghostscript

AI Vulnerability Context

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.

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CISA KEVHIGH
CVE ID
CVE-2017-8291
Vendor/project
Artifex
Product
Ghostscript
Vulnerability name
Artifex Ghostscript Type Confusion Vulnerability
Date added
2022-05-24
Due date
2022-06-14
Known ransomware campaign use
Unknown
CVSS v3
7.8
CWE-704

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NVD CVE pagehttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8291CVE API docshttps://nvd.nist.gov/developers/vulnerabilitiesData feedshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/data-feedsCataloghttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalogData repositoryhttps://github.com/cisagov/kev-dataaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/28/2af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98476af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1230af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697808af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1446063af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036453af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=04b37bbce174eed24edec7ad5b920eb93db4d47daf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41955/134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-8291