CVE-2021-43113

CRITICAL

9.8

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

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

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published12/15/2021

Last Modified2/25/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

debian:debian_linuxitextpdf:itext

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-77CWE-77

References

https://github.com/itext/itext7/releases/tag/7.1.17(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/itext/itextpdf/releases/tag/5.5.13.3(cve@mitre.org)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00013.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://pastebin.com/BXnkY9YY(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5323(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/itext/itext7/releases/tag/7.1.17(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/itext/itextpdf/releases/tag/5.5.13.3(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00013.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://pastebin.com/BXnkY9YY(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5323(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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