CVSS 3.1
9.8 criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2021-43113
Critical (9.8). EPSS 5.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in com.itextpdf:itext7-core 7.1.17.
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 5.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 92% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-77
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- debian:debian_linux
- itextpdf:itext
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-gv87-q66h-4277 | Maven | com.itextpdf:itext7-core | <7.1.17 | 7.1.17 |
| GHSA-gv87-q66h-4277 | Maven | com.itextpdf:itextpdf | <5.5.13.3 | 5.5.13.3 |