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VulnerabilityModified

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.

CRITICAL 9.9EPSS 83.9%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 83.9%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

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 3.1
9.9 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
83.91% probability · 100th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20, CWE-78
Affected
artifex/ghostscript · fedoraproject/fedora
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.