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Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value in org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox

CVE-2021-27906

  • org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox
Medium
5.5/10

Summary

A carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an OutOfMemory-Exception while loading the file. This issue affects Apache PDFBox versions 2.0.x prior to 2.0.23.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-789 - Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value

The product allocates memory based on an untrusted, large size value, but it does not ensure that the size is within expected limits, allowing arbitrary amounts of memory to be allocated.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published