CVE-2021-3781

A trivial sandbox (enabled with the `-dSAFER` option) escape flaw was found in the ghostscript interpreter by injecting a specially crafted pipe command. This flaw allows a specially crafted document to execute arbitrary commands on the system in the context of the ghostscript interpreter. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

CVSS v3.0 9.9 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 9.3 HIGH

9.9^/10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.1 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

9.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2002271	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://ghostscript.com/CVE-2021-3781.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-11	Third Party Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.52:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.50:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.53.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.54.0:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2022-02-16 11:15

Updated : 2023-01-31 09:29

NVD link : CVE-2021-3781

Mitre link : CVE-2021-3781

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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Products Affected

artifex

ghostscript

fedoraproject

fedora

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