{"cve":"CVE-2017-8291","nvd":{"published":"2017-04-27T01:59:02.057","modified":"2026-06-17T01:26:08.323","status":"Analyzed","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-843"],"references":["http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/28/2","http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98476","https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1230","https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697808"],"products":["artifex:ghostscript","debian:debian_linux","redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop","redhat:enterprise_linux_eus","redhat:enterprise_linux_server","redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus","redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus","redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:42:09.859288039+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2017-8291","score":0.96968,"percentile":0.99889,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":{"cve":"CVE-2017-8291","date_added":"2022-05-24","due_date":"2022-06-14","vendor":"Artifex","product":"Ghostscript","known_ransomware":false},"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}