itext/itext7 · Security
Command injection in itext7-core
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-gv87-q66h-4277
- CVE ID
- CVE-2021-43113
- Severity
- critical
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 9.8 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS v3
- 9.8 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
iTextPDF in iText before 7.1.17 allows command injection via a CompareTool filename that is mishandled on the gs (aka Ghostscript) command line in GhostscriptHelper.java.
CWEs
- CWE-77 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43113 ↗
- https://github.com/itext/itext7/releases/tag/7.1.17 ↗
- https://pastebin.com/BXnkY9YY ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00013.html ↗
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5323 ↗
- https://github.com/itext/itextpdf/releases/tag/5.5.13.3 ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gv87-q66h-4277 ↗