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 Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade ghostscript | Sep 20, 2017 | Apr 27, 2017 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade ghostscript | Jun 7, 2017 | Apr 26, 2017 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Apr 27, 2017 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade ghostscriptUpgrade ghostscript-develUpgrade ghostscript-gtkUpgrade ghostscript-docUpgrade ghostscript-cupsUpgrade ghostscript-debuginfo | May 19, 2017 | Apr 26, 2017 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade ghostscript | May 7, 2017 | Apr 26, 2017 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade app-text/ghostscript-gpl. | Oct 30, 2017 | Apr 26, 2017 |
| Ghostscript | — | Upgrade to Ghostscript version 9.21 | Oct 10, 2018 | Apr 27, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp1 | — | Upgrade ghostscript-cupsUpgrade ghostscript | Nov 30, 2017 | Apr 26, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade ghostscriptUpgrade ghostscript-cups | Nov 30, 2017 | Apr 26, 2017 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade entire/ to version 11.4-11.4.0.0.1.15.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade print/filter/ghostscript to version 9.26-0.175.3.36.0.10.0 on Solaris 11.3 | Oct 19, 2018 | Apr 26, 2017 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade ghostscript-develUpgrade ghostscript-gtkUpgrade ghostscript-cupsUpgrade ghostscriptUpgrade ghostscript-doc | May 12, 2017 | Apr 26, 2017 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade ghostscript-debuginfoUpgrade ghostscript-cupsUpgrade ghostscript-develUpgrade ghostscript-docUpgrade ghostscript-gtkNo solution existsUpgrade ghostscript | May 12, 2017 | Apr 26, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libgimpprintUpgrade ghostscript-fonts-otherUpgrade ghostscript-fonts-rusUpgrade ghostscript-omniUpgrade ghostscriptUpgrade ghostscript-x11Upgrade ghostscript-ijs-develUpgrade ghostscript-fonts-stdUpgrade libgimpprint-develUpgrade ghostscript-develUpgrade ghostscript-library | May 2, 2017 | Apr 26, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade ghostscriptUpgrade libgs9Upgrade ghostscript-xUpgrade libgs9-common | Jul 1, 2017 | Apr 26, 2017 |
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