UBUNTU-CVE-2021-43113

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2021-43113

    Published: 15 Dec 2021Last Modified: 20 May 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-43113

    Summary:

    Details: 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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-43113, https://github.com/itext/itextpdf/commit/ce8bbacd631e13717a91f02e9cbd9814b9dc2cca, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-43113

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libitext5-java

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libitext5-java?arch=source&distro=noble

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    5.5.13.3-2
    5.5.13.3-3
    5.5.13.3-4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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