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CVE-2017-8291: Artifex Ghostscript Type Confusion Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitCVE-2017-8291
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Artifex Ghostscript allows -dSAFER bypass and remote command execution via .rsdparams type confusion with a "/OutputFile.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Artifexproduct: GhostscriptRemote code execution
What
Artifex Ghostscript allows -dSAFER bypass and remote command execution via .rsdparams type confusion with a "/OutputFile.
Who is affected
Deployments of Artifex Ghostscript are affected.
Urgency
Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
Action
Update Artifex Ghostscript to the latest version.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2022-05-24
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8291

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2017-8291coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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