CVE-2021-43113 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02698.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Debian	Debian Linux
Itextpdf	Itext

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:itextpdf:itext:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:::::::*

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References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/itext/itext7/releases/tag/7.1.17
https://github.com/itext/itextpdf/releases/tag/5.5.13.3
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00013.html
https://pastebin.com/BXnkY9YY
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5323

History

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-12-15T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2026-02-25T17:20:11.587Z

Reserved: 2021-11-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-43113

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T03:47:13.596Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-12-15T07:15:07.453

Modified: 2026-02-25T18:16:53.763

Link: CVE-2021-43113

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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