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Command injection in itext7-core

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Dec 16, 2021 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Mar 27, 2023

Package

maven com.itextpdf:itext7-core (Maven)

Affected versions

< 7.1.17

Patched versions

7.1.17
maven com.itextpdf:itextpdf (Maven)
< 5.5.13.3
5.5.13.3

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 15, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Dec 16, 2021
Reviewed Jan 25, 2022
Last updated Mar 27, 2023

Severity

Critical
9.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-43113

GHSA ID

GHSA-gv87-q66h-4277

Source code

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