Is CVE-2017-8291 in the CISA KEV catalog?

Yes. CVE-2017-8291 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list, added 2022-05-24.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-8291?

CVE-2017-8291 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-8291?

CVE-2017-8291 has an EPSS score of 96.97% (100th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-8291?

Upgrade ghostscript on debian 11 to 9.20~dfsg-3.1 or later. Fixes are available for 5 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-8291

HIGHCISA KEVEPSS 100th pctl

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-843Type Confusion

How to fix

Remediation Available

ghostscriptDebian

Fixed in:9.20~dfsg-3.1CVE-2017-8291

ghostscriptUbuntu

Fixed in:9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.7USN-3272-1

Fixed in:9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.4USN-3272-1

ghostscript-xUbuntu

Fixed in:9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.7USN-3272-1

Fixed in:9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.4USN-3272-1

libgs9Ubuntu

Fixed in:9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.7USN-3272-1

Fixed in:9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.4USN-3272-1

libgs9-commonUbuntu

Fixed in:9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.7USN-3272-1

Fixed in:9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.4USN-3272-1

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

96.97%probability of exploitation in 30 days

100thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.

Known Exploited Vulnerability (CISA KEV)

Artifex Ghostscript Type Confusion Vulnerability

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

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Remediation due: 2022-06-14

References

Patch2

Exploit2

Third-Party Advisory5

Government Resource1

cisa.gov

Other references1

git.ghostscript.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-843 (Type Confusion) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2011-0611	High	8.8	99%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2012-0507	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2019-0752	High	7.5	82%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2017-0037	High	8.1	80%	KEV	-
CVE-2016-7201	High	8.8	80%	KEV	-
CVE-2020-6418	High	8.8	79%	KEV	Fix

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