ALPINE-CVE-2017-8291

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CVE-2017-8291
Published: 27 Apr 2017, 01:59
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:44

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
3.1 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

27 Apr 2017, 01:59
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:44
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•ghostscript

    < 9.21-r2 | < 9.21-r2 | < 9.21-r2 | < 9.21-r2 | < 9.21-r2 | < 9.21-r2 | < 9.21-r2 | < 9.21-r2 | < 9.21-r2 | < 9.21-r2 | < 9.21-r0 | < 9.21-r2 | < 9.21-r2 | < 9.21-r2 | < 9.21-r2 | < 9.21-r0 | < 9.21-r0 | < 9.21-r0 | < 9.21-r2 | < 9.21-r2 | < 9.21-r2 | < 9.21-r2

References (1)