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CVE-2021-27906: Uncontrolled Ressource Consumption

March 19, 2021 (updated November 7, 2023)

A carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an OutOfMemory-Exception while loading the file. This issue affects Apache PDFBox and pri versions.

References

  • www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/03/19/10
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27906

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 2.0.0 up to 2.0.22

Fixed versions

  • 2.0.23

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.0.23 or above.

Impact 5.5 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Source file

maven/org.apache.pdfbox/pdfbox/CVE-2021-27906.yml

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