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CVE-2021-43113

critical

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.

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5323

https://pastebin.com/BXnkY9YY

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00013.html

https://github.com/itext/itextpdf/releases/tag/5.5.13.3

https://github.com/itext/itext7/releases/tag/7.1.17

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-12-15

Updated: 2023-03-24

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical