CVE-2021-43113
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
Command injection in itext7-core
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 5.5.13.3-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 5.5.13.3-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 5.5.13.3-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 5.5.13.2-1+deb11u1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 5.5.13.3-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | com.itextpdf:itext7-core | <7.1.17 | 7.1.17 |
| Maven | com.itextpdf:itextpdf | <5.5.13.3 | 5.5.13.3 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43113
- https://github.com/itext/itext7
- https://github.com/itext/itext7/releases/tag/7.1.17
- https://github.com/itext/itextpdf/releases/tag/5.5.13.3
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00013.html
- https://pastebin.com/BXnkY9YY
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5323
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-43113
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.