CVE-2017-8291

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-05-24. Federal remediation due 2022-06-14.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

96.97% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2017-04-27 01:41Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:55Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2017-04-26

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-843Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')Base
• CWE-77Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')Class

Data version

5.1

Document digest

6ea381099f85cef4490f404f03b896df830c54fce2b4107fe7256b6c3d0346db

• www.debian.orgDSA-3838http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• bugzilla.suse.comhttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036453x_refsource_MISC
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1230https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1230vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.securityfocus.com98476http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98476vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.exploit-db.com41955https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41955/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• openwall.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/28/2x_refsource_MISC
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201708-06https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1446063x_refsource_MISC
• git.ghostscript.comhttps://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=04b37bbce174eed24edec7ad5b920eb93db4d47dx_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugs.ghostscript.comhttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697808x_refsource_MISC
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-8291government-resource