UBUNTU-CVE-2021-43113

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-43113
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-43113.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-43113
Upstream
Published
2021-12-15T07:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:47:24Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / libitext5-java

Package

Name
libitext5-java
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libitext5-java@5.5.13.3-4?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*

5.5.13.3-2
5.5.13.3-3
5.5.13.3-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libitext5-java",
            "binary_version": "5.5.13.3-4"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.04 / libitext5-java

Package

Name
libitext5-java
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libitext5-java@5.5.13.3-4?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*

5.5.13.3-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libitext5-java",
            "binary_version": "5.5.13.3-4"
        }
    ]
}