ghostscript: corruption of operand stack
Published Apr 27, 2017 ·Due Jun 14, 2022
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 96.97%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- < 9.21
Configuration 2
- 8.0
Configuration 3
- 6.0
- 7.0
- 7.3
- 7.4
- 7.5
- 7.6
- 7.7
- 6.0
- 7.0
- 7.3
- 7.4
- 7.6
- 7.7
- 7.3
- 7.6
- 7.7
- 6.0
- 7.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
ghostscript-0:8.70-23.el6_9.2
Fixed · RHSA-2017:1230
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
ghostscript-0:9.07-20.el7_3.5
Fixed · RHSA-2017:1230
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
ghostscript
Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2
ghostscript
Out of support scope
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | ghostscript-0:8.70-23.el6_9.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:1230 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | ghostscript-0:9.07-20.el7_3.5 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:1230 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | ghostscript | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 | ghostscript | Out of support scope | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Date Added
May 24, 2022
Patch Due
Jun 14, 2022
Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
ActiveAutomatable
NoTechnical Impact
TotalDecision
n/aAssessed Feb 4, 2025 · SSVC 2.0.3
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (24 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 96.97% (0.96968) | 99.89th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 96.97% (0.96968) | 99.88th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Nov 18, 2025 | 93.47% (0.93467) | 99.87th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 92.25% (0.92252) | 99.71th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 17, 2025 | 48.04% (0.48038) | 97.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 15, 2025 | 57.21% (0.57206) | 97.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 61.81% (0.61808) | 97.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 52.02% (0.52024) | 97.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 28, 2024 | 52.19% (0.52190) | 97.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 3, 2024 | 49.00% (0.48998) | 97.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 25.46% (0.25459) | 96.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 11, 2023 | 50.10% (0.50100) | 97.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 43.48% (0.43476) | 96.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 8, 2023 | 45.36% (0.45363) | 96.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 22, 2023 | 32.13% (0.32130) | 96.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 12, 2023 | 29.99% (0.29993) | 96.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2023 | 30.96% (0.30959) | 96.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 6, 2023 | 29.12% (0.29122) | 96.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 19.52% (0.19516) | 95.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 91.35% (0.91349) | 99.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 91.35% (0.91349) | 99.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 63.10% (0.63101) | 99.33th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 63.10% (0.63101) | 99.80th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 63.10% (0.63101) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (15)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/28/2 x_refsource_MISCMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98476 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1230 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-8291 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697808 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1446063 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036453 x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=04b37bbce174eed24edec7ad5b920eb93db4d47d x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8291
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-8291 government-resourceUS Government Resource
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8291
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41955/ exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Change history (0)
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