PT-2021-17660 · Apache · Apache Pdfbox

Published 2021-03-19 · Updated 2023-10-22 · CVE-2021-27906

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Apache PDFBox versions 2.0.22 and prior 2.0.x versions

Description: A carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an OutOfMemory-Exception while loading the file.

Recommendations: For Apache PDFBox versions 2.0.22 and prior 2.0.x versions, update to a version later than 2.0.22 to resolve the issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-789

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-27906

GHSA-6VQP-H455-42MR

MGASA-2021-0184

OESA-2021-1160

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10622-1

ROSA-SA-2023-2271

Affected Products

Apache Pdfbox

References · 64

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27906 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-27906 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf35026148ccc0e1af133501c0d003d052883fcc65107b3ff5d3b61cd%40%3Cusers.pdfbox.apache.org%3E · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-27906 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0184.html · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/2AVLKAHFMPH72TTP25INPZPGX5FODK3H · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2021-0184 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-6vqp-h455-42mr · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6KDA2U4KL2N3XT3PM4ZJEBBA6JJIH2G4 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-27906 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-27906 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/6PT72QOFDXLJ7PLTN66EMG5EHPTE7TFZ · Vendor Advisory
• https://oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html · Patch
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6PT72QOFDXLJ7PLTN66EMG5EHPTE7TFZ · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-27906 · Security Note