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CVE-2017-8291

7.8
HIGHCVSS v3.1 Base Score
92.93%
HIGH RiskEPSS (100th percentile)
KEV

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.

Published: 4/27/2017
Modified: 10/22/2025
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ACTIVELY EXPLOITED IN THE WILD

This vulnerability is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

Vulnerability Name:

Artifex Ghostscript Type Confusion Vulnerability

Vendor / Product:

Artifex Ghostscript

Required Action:

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Due Date: 6/14/2022(OVERDUE)
Added to KEV:

5/24/2022

Notes:

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8291

Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v3 Score

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2 Score

6.8

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

92.93%HIGH Exploitation Risk
100th percentile

This vulnerability has a 92.93% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 100% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

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