CVE-2021-27906 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2021-27906

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

Vulnerability Description

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

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Apache PDFBox would like to thank Fabian Meumertzheim for reporting this issue

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Affected Vendor

Apache Software Foundation

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Affected Software

Apache PDFBox
Vulnerable Versions:
Apache PDFBox

Timeline

Official Publish: March 19th, 2021
Last Modified: February 13th, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-789

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.