CVE-2017-8291

ghostscript: corruption of operand stack

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

7.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · April 26, 2017

Updated · September 16, 2026

Description

It was found that ghostscript did not properly validate the parameters passed to the .rsdparams and .eqproc functions. During its execution, a specially crafted PostScript document could execute code in the context of the ghostscript process, bypassing the -dSAFER protection.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 7.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CWE-77 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')