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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00544.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Apache Software Foundation Apache PDFBox affected
Version Status Constraints
Apache PDFBox affected ≤ 2.0.22

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_trade_finance_process_management:14.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_trade_finance_process_management:14.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_trade_finance_process_management:14.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_treasury_management:14.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_virtual_account_management:14.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_virtual_account_management:14.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_virtual_account_management:14.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_session_report_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:flexcube_universal_banking:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:flexcube_universal_banking:14.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:hyperion_financial_reporting:11.1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:hyperion_financial_reporting:11.2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:hyperion_infrastructure_technology:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:outside_in_technology:8.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:primavera_unifier:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:primavera_unifier:18.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:primavera_unifier:19.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:primavera_unifier:20.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_customer_management_and_segmentation_foundation:19.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_xstore_point_of_service:16.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_xstore_point_of_service:17.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_xstore_point_of_service:18.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_xstore_point_of_service:19.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_xstore_point_of_service:20.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:webcenter_sites:12.2.1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:webcenter_sites:12.2.1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:communications_messaging_server:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Package CPE Advisory Released Date
Red Hat Fuse 7.9
pdfbox cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_fuse:7 RHSA-2021:3140 2021-08-11T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Integration
pdfbox cpe:/a:redhat:integration:1 RHSA-2021:3205 2021-08-18T00:00:00Z

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-1242 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-2h3j-m7gr-25xj Excessive Iteration Denial of Service in Apache PDFBox
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/03/19/9 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r043edc5dcf9199f7f882ed7906b41cb816753766e88b8792dbf319a9%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1218e60c32829f76943ecaca79237120c2ec1ab266459d711a578b50%40%3Cdev.pdfbox.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1d268642f8b52456ee8f876b888b8ed7a9e9568c7770789f3ded7f9e%40%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4717f902f8bc36d47b3fa978552a25e4ed3ddc2fffb52b94fbc4ab36%40%3Cusers.pdfbox.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4cbc3f6981cd0a1a482531df9d44e4c42a7f63342a7ba78b7bff8a1b%40%3Cnotifications.james.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r54594251369e14c185da9662a5340a52afbbdf75d61c9c3a69c8f2e8%40%3Cdev.pdfbox.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5c8e2125d18af184c80f7a986fbe47eaf0d30457cd450133adc235ac%40%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6e067a6d83ccb6892d0ff867bd216704f21fb0b6a854dea34be04f12%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7ee634c21816c69ce829d0c41f35afa2a53a99bdd3c7cce8644fdc0e%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r818058ff1e4b9f6bef4e5a2e74faff38cb3d3885c1e2db398bc55cfb%40%3Cusers.pdfbox.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ffe179385637b0b5cbdabd0246118005b4b8232909d2d14cd68ccd3%40%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raa35746227f3f8d50fff1db9899524423a718f6f35cd39bd4769fa6c%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc69140d894c6a9c67a8097a25656cce59b46a5620c354ceba10543c3%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re1e35881482e07dc2be6058d9b44483457f36133cac67956686ad9b9%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2AVLKAHFMPH72TTP25INPZPGX5FODK3H/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6KDA2U4KL2N3XT3PM4ZJEBBA6JJIH2G4/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6PT72QOFDXLJ7PLTN66EMG5EHPTE7TFZ/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27807 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-27807 cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html cve-icon cve-icon
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2025-02-13T16:27:57.032Z

Reserved: 2021-02-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-27807

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-03-19T16:15:13.013

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:58:36.030

Link: CVE-2021-27807

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-03-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-27807 - Bugzilla

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