CVE-2017-8291

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 v3.1

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

CVSS v3.1

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

CVSS v2.0

6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

96.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 100th percentile

CISA KEV

added 2022-05-24

Published

2017-04-27

Updated

2025-10-21

Proof-of-concept exploits (4)

• hkcfs/PIL-CVE-2017-82910★ · 2025-06-13
• shun1403/CVE-2017-82910★ · 2025-04-27
• shun1403/PIL-CVE-2017-8291-study0★ · 2025-04-27
• DaniilOrchikov/PIL-CVE-2017-8291

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/unix/fileformat/ghostscript_type…

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41955

Vulhub environments (1)

• vulhub/vulhub/tree/master/python/PIL-CVE-2017-8291

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2017-8290
• CVE-2017-8295
• CVE-2017-8229
• CVE-2017-8303
• CVE-2017-8225
• CVE-2017-8304