VDB
CVE-2021-3781
CVE-2021-3781
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.899999618530273 CRITICAL
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.
EPSS 6.49% · 91.3th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
9.899999618530273
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
6.49%
91.3th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| fedoraproject | fedora | 34 |
| artifex | ghostscript | 9.50, 9.52, 9.53.3 |
| n/a | ghostscript | ghostpdl 9.55.0 |
Timeline
- Sep 15, 2021 CVE Published
- Feb 16, 2022 PoC Published
- Feb 17, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Oct 4, 2024 PoC Published
- Mar 17, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 24, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 30, 2025 EPSS Score
- Apr 28, 2025 EPSS Score
- May 1, 2025 EPSS Score
- May 4, 2025 EPSS Score
- Jun 1, 2025 EPSS Score