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

CVE-2021-43113

Published

2021-12-15T07:15:00Z

Modified

2026-01-20T18:15:24.062919Z

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_version": "5.5.13.3-4",
            "binary_name": "libitext5-java"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-43113.json"

Ubuntu:25.10 / libitext5-java