CVE-2017-82917.8HighCWE-843

CVE-2017-8291: Artifex Ghostscript vulnerability

Artifex · Ghostscript

Vendor fix available · Affected: Artifex Ghostscript · Exploitation: in CISA KEV since 24 May 2022

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

ExploitationIn CISA KEV

In CISA KEVCISA KEV catalogue24 May 2022
Exploited (reported): not seen
Scanning observed: not seen
Proof of concept public: not seen
Not established: not seen

97.0%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

99th percentile

050100

Higher than 99% of scored CVEs

7.8HighCVSS 3.1

LowMediumHighCrit.

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

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Exploitation: Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue.
CISA KEV: Listed since 24 May 2022 · catalogue entry
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Type Confusion · Memory Corruption
Vendor: Artifex
Published: April 2017
Band: Exploited in the wild, April 2017
Bounty reports: 1 disclosed on HackerOne

Disclosed bug bounty reports about CVE-2017-8291

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Remote code execution on Basecamp.comBasecamp · 2020 · critical severityValid

What changed

24 May 2022
CISA added it to the KEV catalogue CISA

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