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CVE-2017-8291

Published: January 27, 2026
Last updated:9 hours ago (January 27, 2026)
Exploit: YesZero-day: YesPatch: YesTrend: Low
TL;DR
Updated January 27, 2026

CVE-2017-8291 is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. Exploits are available; patches have been released and should be applied urgently. This is classified as a zero-day vulnerability.

Key Points
  • 1High severity (CVSS 7.8/10)
  • 2EPSS: 93.00% - very high likelihood of exploitation
  • 3Public exploits are available
  • 4Vendor patches are available
  • 5Strobes Priority Score: 728/1000 (High)
  • 6Affects products from: Redhat, Artifex, Debian
Severity Scores
CVSS v37.8
CVSS v26.8
Priority Score728.0
EPSS Score93.0
High
Exploitation LikelihoodCritical
93.00%EPSS

Very high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

Immediate patching required
93.00%
EPSS
7.8
CVSS
Yes
Exploit
Yes
Patch
High Priority
high EPSS • exploit exists

EPSS predicts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days based on real-world threat data, complementing CVSS severity scores with actual risk assessment.

Description

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

CVSS v3 Breakdown
Attack Vector:Local
Attack Complexity:Local
Privileges Required:Network
User Interaction:Required
Scope:Unchanged
Confidentiality:High
Integrity:High
Availability:High
Exploit References
Exploit-DBCisa.govExploit-db.comMetasploitGitHubGitHubGitHubGitHub[email protected][email protected]
Patch References
Git.ghostscript.comGit.ghostscript.com[email protected][email protected]Zeroday CZ
Trend Analysis
Low
Vulnerable Products
VendorProduct
RedhatEnterprise Linux Server
RedhatEnterprise Linux Server Aus
RedhatEnterprise Linux Server Tus
RedhatEnterprise Linux Eus
ArtifexGhostscript
RedhatEnterprise Linux Workstation
RedhatEnterprise Linux Desktop
DebianDebian Linux
Advisories
CISA: Artifex Ghostscript allows -dSAFER bypass and remote command execution via .rsdparams type confusion with a "/OutputFile.
GitHub AdvisoryNVD
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