CVE-2021-31811

MEDIUM

Apache Pdfbox < 2.0.23 - Resource Allocation Without Limits

Title source: rule

Description

In Apache PDFBox, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an OutOfMemory-Exception while loading the file. This issue affects Apache PDFBox version 2.0.23 and prior 2.0.x versions.

References (17)

[Mailing List, Vendor Advisory] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re3bd16f0cc8f1fbda46b06a4b8241cd417f71402809baa81548fc20e%40%3Cusers.pdfbox.apache.org%3E

[Mailing List] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf937c2236e6c79cdb99f76a70690dd345e53dbe0707cb506a202e43e%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/06/12/2

[Mailing List] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfe26bcaba564deb505c32711ba68df7ec589797dcd96ff3389a8aaba%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E

[Mailing List] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd4b6db6c3b8ab3c70f1c3bbd725a40920896453ffc2744ade6afd9fb%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E

[Mailing List] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r143fd8445e0e778f4a85187bd79438630b96b8040e9401751fdb8aea%40%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E

[Mailing List] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r179cc3b6822c167702ab35fe36093d5da4c99af44238c8a754c6860f%40%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E

[Mailing List] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2090789e4dcc2c87aacbd87d5f18e2d64dcb9f6eb7c47f5cf7d293cb%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E

[Mailing List] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r132e9dbbe0ebdc08b39583d8be0a575fdba573d60a42d940228bceff%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E

[Mailing List] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re0cacd3fb337cdf8469853913ed2b4ddd8f8bfc52ff0ddbe61c1dfba%40%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7HHWJRFXZ3PTKLJCOM7WJEYZFKFWMNSV/

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MDJKJQOMVFDFIDS27OQJXNOYHV2O273D/

[Third Party Advisory] https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html

[Third Party Advisory] https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0052

EPSS Percentile 66.9%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Details

CWE

CWE-770 CWE-789

Status published

Products (25)

apache/pdfbox 2.0.0 - 2.0.23

fedoraproject/fedora 33

fedoraproject/fedora 34

oracle/banking_corporate_lending_process_management 14.2.0

oracle/banking_corporate_lending_process_management 14.3.0

oracle/banking_corporate_lending_process_management 14.5.0

oracle/banking_credit_facilities_process_management 14.2.0

oracle/banking_credit_facilities_process_management 14.3.0

oracle/banking_credit_facilities_process_management 14.5.0

oracle/banking_supply_chain_finance 14.2.0

... and 15 more

Published Jun 12, 2021

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026