CVE-2021-27906

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-27906  

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.

Description

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Additional Information

  • Bugzilla 1941050: CVE-2021-27906 pdfbox: OutOfMemory-Exception while loading a crafted PDF file
  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • FAQ: Frequently asked questions about CVE-2021-27906