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CVE-2021-27807

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Date: March 19, 2021

A carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an infinite loop while loading the file. This issue affects Apache PDFBox version 2.0.22 and prior 2.0.x versions.

Language: Java

Severity Score

5.5

Related Resources (44)

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re1e35881482e07dc2be6058d9b44483457f36133cac67956686ad9b9%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E

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Url: https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1886911

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27807

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4717f902f8bc36d47b3fa978552a25e4ed3ddc2fffb52b94fbc4ab36%40%3Cusers.pdfbox.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1d268642f8b52456ee8f876b888b8ed7a9e9568c7770789f3ded7f9e%40%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E

Url: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-4892

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1218e60c32829f76943ecaca79237120c2ec1ab266459d711a578b50%40%3Cdev.pdfbox.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ffe179385637b0b5cbdabd0246118005b4b8232909d2d14cd68ccd3@%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E

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Url: https://github.com/apache/pdfbox

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Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r818058ff1e4b9f6bef4e5a2e74faff38cb3d3885c1e2db398bc55cfb@%3Cusers.pdfbox.apache.org%3E

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/03/19/9

Url: https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r043edc5dcf9199f7f882ed7906b41cb816753766e88b8792dbf319a9@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E

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Url: https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html

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Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r54594251369e14c185da9662a5340a52afbbdf75d61c9c3a69c8f2e8@%3Cdev.pdfbox.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raa35746227f3f8d50fff1db9899524423a718f6f35cd39bd4769fa6c@%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E

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Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc69140d894c6a9c67a8097a25656cce59b46a5620c354ceba10543c3%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E

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Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc69140d894c6a9c67a8097a25656cce59b46a5620c354ceba10543c3@%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E

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Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1218e60c32829f76943ecaca79237120c2ec1ab266459d711a578b50@%3Cdev.pdfbox.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4cbc3f6981cd0a1a482531df9d44e4c42a7f63342a7ba78b7bff8a1b@%3Cnotifications.james.apache.org%3E

Url: https://github.com/apache/pdfbox/commit/5c5a837140fbb4ef78bb5ef9f29ad537c872c83e

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5c8e2125d18af184c80f7a986fbe47eaf0d30457cd450133adc235ac@%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r54594251369e14c185da9662a5340a52afbbdf75d61c9c3a69c8f2e8%40%3Cdev.pdfbox.apache.org%3E

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Url: https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r043edc5dcf9199f7f882ed7906b41cb816753766e88b8792dbf319a9%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7ee634c21816c69ce829d0c41f35afa2a53a99bdd3c7cce8644fdc0e@%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-27807

Severity Score

5.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Excessive Iteration

CWE-834

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox:2.0.23

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2021-27807

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Date: March 19, 2021

Language: Java

Severity Score

Related Resources (44)

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CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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