HIGHCVSS v3.1 7.8Actively exploited · CISA KEV since 2022-05-24Vulnerability

CVE-2017-8291

Artifex Ghostscript allows -dSAFER bypass and remote command execution via .rsdparams type confusion with a "/OutputFile.

Properties

Vulnerability name
Artifex Ghostscript Type Confusion Vulnerability
First seen
2025-10-21T23:55:41+00:00
Cvss score
7.8
Epss score
0.96968
Last seen
2026-10-19T12:00:27+00:00
Due date
2022-06-14
Euvd assigner
mitre
Retrieved at
2026-10-21T01:24:47+00:00
Exploited euvd since
2022-05-24T00:00:00+00:00
Src batch id
epss_history-20261020T103617Z-728ddd
Source url
https://epss.empiricalsecurity.com/epss_scores-2026-10-19.csv.gz
Date added
2022-05-24
Score
7.8
Euvd base score version
3.1
Fetched at
2026-10-20T10:36:20+00:00
Cvss vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
In Signal since
initial import (Sep 2026)
Euvd base score
7.8
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Vendor project
Artifex

Related Entities (24)

AFFECTS_PRODUCT (20)

→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

DESCRIBES (1)

←[KEVEntry]Artifex Ghostscript Type Confusion Vulnerability

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

→[Weakness]Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

INVOLVES (1)

←[Signal]kev_added · 2022-05-24

MENTIONED_IN (1)

→[Campaign]Analysis of the Connection Between Xctdoor and Past CRAT Attack Cases

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