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ALPINE-CVE-2017-8291

ALPINE-CVE-2017-8291 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.5ghostscript9.18-r0, 0, 9.20-r2
Alpine:v3.22ghostscript0, 9.18-r0, 9.10-r1
Alpine:v3.8ghostscript9.06-r1, 9.05-r0, 9.04-r0
Alpine:v3.3ghostscript0, 0, 8.64-r0
Alpine:v3.11ghostscript9.06-r2, 9.06-r1, 9.06-r0
Alpine:v3.14ghostscript9.06-r3, 0, 9.21-r1
Alpine:v3.10ghostscript9.09-r0, 0, 9.21-r1
Alpine:v3.4ghostscript0, 0, 8.64-r0
Alpine:v3.7ghostscript9.21-r0, 9.20-r1, 9.20-r0
Alpine:v3.13ghostscript8.71-r1, 8.64-r0, 8.70-r0
Alpine:v3.20ghostscript9.06-r0, 9.00-r2, 9.00-r1
Alpine:v3.2ghostscript8.64-r0, 8.71-r3, 8.71-r4
Alpine:v3.12ghostscript9.00-r0, 8.71-r4, 8.71-r3
Alpine:v3.16ghostscript9.20-r0, 0, 8.64-r0
Alpine:v3.19ghostscript9.10-r0, 9.10-r1, 9.15-r0
Alpine:v3.18ghostscript8.71-r1, 8.64-r0, 8.71-r1
Alpine:v3.21ghostscript9.06-r2, 0, 9.21-r1
Alpine:v3.9ghostscript8.71-r4, 9.05-r0, 9.04-r0
Alpine:v3.23ghostscript9.15-r0, 9.16-r1, 9.16-r2
Alpine:v3.15ghostscript9.21-r0, 9.19-r0, 9.09-r1

…and 2 more

Timeline

  • Apr 27, 2017 CVE Published
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
  • Jun 15, 2026 CVE Updated
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