CVE-2021-3781
CRITICALGhostscript - Command Execution via SAFER Sandbox Escape
Title source: manualDescription
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.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-11
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2002271
Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://ghostscript.com/CVE-2021-3781.html
Scores
CVSS v3
9.9
EPSS
0.0649
EPSS Percentile
91.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-78
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (5)
artifex/ghostscript
9.50
artifex/ghostscript
9.52
artifex/ghostscript
9.53.3
artifex/ghostscript
9.54.0
fedoraproject/fedora
34
Published
Feb 16, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026