CVE-2021-3781

  1. OpenCVE
  2. Vulnerabilities (CVE)
  3. 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.

9.9 /10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

V3 Legend

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

V2 Legend

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
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
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

21 Nov 2024, 06:22

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2002271 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2002271 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
References () https://ghostscript.com/CVE-2021-3781.html - Patch, Vendor Advisory () https://ghostscript.com/CVE-2021-3781.html - Patch, Vendor Advisory
References () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-11 - Third Party Advisory () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-11 - Third Party Advisory

26 Jun 2023, 18:56

Type Values Removed Values Added
References (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-11 - (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-11 - Third Party Advisory
CWE CWE-20 CWE-78

22 Nov 2022, 06:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-11 -

28 Feb 2022, 19:52

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.54.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.53.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown 		v2 : 9.3
v3 : 9.9
CWE CWE-20
References (MISC) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2002271 - (MISC) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2002271 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://ghostscript.com/CVE-2021-3781.html - (MISC) https://ghostscript.com/CVE-2021-3781.html - Patch, Vendor Advisory

16 Feb 2022, 19:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE
Information

Published : 2022-02-16 19:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 06:22

NVD link : CVE-2021-3781

Mitre link : CVE-2021-3781

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-3781

JSON object : View

Products Affected

artifex

  • ghostscript

fedoraproject

  • fedora
CWE
CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

CWE-78

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')