Critical severity9.9NVD Advisory· Published Feb 16, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-3781
CVE-2021-3781
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.
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Affected products
66- ghostscript/ghostscript interpreterdescription
- osv-coords64 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/ghostscript&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/opensuse/ghostscript&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/ghostscript&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/ghostscript-mini&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/opensuse/libspectre&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/opensuse/libspectre&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%206pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.0pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Retail%20Branch%20Server%204.0pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.0pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%209pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209pkg:rpm/suse/libspectre&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/libspectre&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%206pkg:rpm/suse/libspectre&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/libspectre&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libspectre&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/libspectre&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libspectre&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/libspectre&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/libspectre&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/libspectre&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/libspectre&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libspectre&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libspectre&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libspectre&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/libspectre&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libspectre&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libspectre&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/libspectre&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libspectre&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libspectre&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/libspectre&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/libspectre&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libspectre&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.0pkg:rpm/suse/libspectre&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Retail%20Branch%20Server%204.0pkg:rpm/suse/libspectre&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.0pkg:rpm/suse/li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< 9.52-lp152.2.7.1+ 63 more
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- (no CPE)range: < 0.2.7-12.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.2.8-3.12.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 0.2.8-3.12.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 0.2.7-12.12.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 0.2.7-12.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.2.7-12.12.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- ghostscript.com/CVE-2021-3781.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-11nvdThird Party Advisory
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