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CVE-2017-8291
Published: Apr 27, 2017
Modified: Oct 21, 2025
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
DSA-3838
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036453
x_refsource_MISC
RHSA-2017:1230
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
98476
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
41955
exploit
x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/28/2
x_refsource_MISC
GLSA-201708-06
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1446063
x_refsource_MISC
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697808
x_refsource_MISC
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