CVE-2017-8291

mediumpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.970 · 100 %ileexploit · weaponizedEURUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV · 6 exploits · weaponized

Likely / severe?

97.0% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 6.8 · medium

Is it mine?

25 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

added 2022-05-24remediate by 2022-06-14

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EPSS · scored 2026-10-23

Artifex Ghostscript Type Confusion Vulnerability

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–8.8

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 6.4

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.8highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-843USprimaryCWE-704US

exploits (6)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/unix/fileformat/ghostscript_type_confusionGhostscript Type Confusion Arbitrary Command Executionweaponized · metasploit
EDB-41955Ghostscript 9.21 - Type Confusion Arbitrary Command Execution (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
DaniilOrchikov/PIL-CVE-2017-8291DaniilOrchikov/PIL-CVE-2017-8291PoC · poc_in_github
hkcfs/PIL-CVE-2017-8291CVE-2017-8291 CTF with docker and examplesPoC · poc_in_github
shun1403/CVE-2017-8291shun1403/CVE-2017-8291PoC · poc_in_github
shun1403/PIL-CVE-2017-8291-studyshun1403/PIL-CVE-2017-8291-studyPoC · poc_in_github

affected products (25)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Artifex Software Inc. Ghostscript≤ 9.21fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ 7fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ 6fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 8fstec_bduRU
artifex ghostscript< 9.21nvdUScpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian linux= 8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux desktop= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux desktop= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux eus= 7.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux eus= 7.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux eus= 7.5nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux eus= 7.6nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux eus= 7.7nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux server= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux server= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux server aus= 7.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux server aus= 7.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux server aus= 7.6nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux server aus= 7.7nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-04-27modified 2026-06-17

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references (22)

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