CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-43113
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-12-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-77
Description
iTextPDF in iText 7 and up to (excluding 4.4.13.3) 7.1.17 allows command injection via a CompareTool filename that is mishandled on the gs (aka Ghostscript) command line in GhostscriptHelper.java.
Affected configurations
• itextpdf itext (>= 7.0.0 < 7.1.17)
• debian debian linux 10.0
• debian debian linux 11.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command weakness
References
- https://github.com/itext/itext7/releases/tag/7.1.17 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/itext/itextpdf/releases/tag/5.5.13.3 github.com
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00013.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://pastebin.com/BXnkY9YY Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5323 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/itext/itext7/releases/tag/7.1.17 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/itext/itextpdf/releases/tag/5.5.13.3 github.com
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00013.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://pastebin.com/BXnkY9YY Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5323 Third Party Advisory