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    CVE-2021-27807

    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.

    Published:Mar 19, 2021
    Last Modified:Feb 13, 2025
    EPS:Mar 19, 2021
    EPSS Score:0.00544
    CVSS Score:5.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Apache
    Product
    Pdfbox
    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Banking Trade Finance Process Management
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Banking Treasury Management
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Banking Virtual Account Management
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Communications Messaging Server
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Communications Session Report Manager
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Flexcube Universal Banking
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Hyperion Financial Reporting
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Hyperion Infrastructure Technology
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Outside In Technology
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Primavera Unifier
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Retail Customer Management And Segmentation Foundation
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Retail Xstore Point Of Service
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Webcenter Sites
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Integration
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Fuse

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2026-33929 (CVSS 4.3) — Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Apache PDFBox …
    CVE-2026-23907 (CVSS 5.3) — This issue affects the ExtractEmbeddedFiles example in Apache PDFBox: from 2.0.24 through 2.0.35, from 3.0.0 …
    CVE-2021-31811 (CVSS 5.5) — In Apache PDFBox, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an OutOfMemory-Exception while loading the file. Th…
    CVE-2021-31812 (CVSS 5.5) — In Apache PDFBox, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an infinite loop while loading the file. This issue…
    CVE-2021-27906 (CVSS 5.5) — A carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an OutOfMemory-Exception while loading the file. This issue affects A…
    CVE-2019-0228 (CVSS 9.8) — Apache PDFBox 2.0.14 does not properly initialize the XML parser, which allows context-dependent attackers to …
    CVE-2018-11797 (CVSS 5.5) — In Apache PDFBox 1.8.0 to 1.8.15 and 2.0.0RC1 to 2.0.11, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an extremely…
    CVE-2018-8036 (CVSS 6.5) — In Apache PDFBox 1.8.0 to 1.8.14 and 2.0.0RC1 to 2.0.10, a carefully crafted (or fuzzed) file can trigger an i…
    CVE-2016-2175 (CVSS 7.8) — Apache PDFBox before 1.8.12 and 2.x before 2.0.1 does not properly initialize the XML parsers, which allows co…

    References

    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/03/19/9
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r043edc5dcf9199f7f882ed7906b41cb816753766e88b8792dbf319a9%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1218e60c32829f76943ecaca79237120c2ec1ab266459d711a578b50%40%3Cdev.pdfbox.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1d268642f8b52456ee8f876b888b8ed7a9e9568c7770789f3ded7f9e%40%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4717f902f8bc36d47b3fa978552a25e4ed3ddc2fffb52b94fbc4ab36%40%3Cusers.pdfbox.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4cbc3f6981cd0a1a482531df9d44e4c42a7f63342a7ba78b7bff8a1b%40%3Cnotifications.james.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r54594251369e14c185da9662a5340a52afbbdf75d61c9c3a69c8f2e8%40%3Cdev.pdfbox.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5c8e2125d18af184c80f7a986fbe47eaf0d30457cd450133adc235ac%40%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6e067a6d83ccb6892d0ff867bd216704f21fb0b6a854dea34be04f12%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7ee634c21816c69ce829d0c41f35afa2a53a99bdd3c7cce8644fdc0e%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r818058ff1e4b9f6bef4e5a2e74faff38cb3d3885c1e2db398bc55cfb%40%3Cusers.pdfbox.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r818058ff1e4b9f6bef4e5a2e74faff38cb3d3885c1e2db398bc55cfb%40%3Cusers.pdfbox.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r818058ff1e4b9f6bef4e5a2e74faff38cb3d3885c1e2db398bc55cfb%40%3Cusers.pdfbox.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r818058ff1e4b9f6bef4e5a2e74faff38cb3d3885c1e2db398bc55cfb%40%3Cusers.pdfbox.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ffe179385637b0b5cbdabd0246118005b4b8232909d2d14cd68ccd3%40%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raa35746227f3f8d50fff1db9899524423a718f6f35cd39bd4769fa6c%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc69140d894c6a9c67a8097a25656cce59b46a5620c354ceba10543c3%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re1e35881482e07dc2be6058d9b44483457f36133cac67956686ad9b9%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2AVLKAHFMPH72TTP25INPZPGX5FODK3H/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6KDA2U4KL2N3XT3PM4ZJEBBA6JJIH2G4/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6PT72QOFDXLJ7PLTN66EMG5EHPTE7TFZ/
    https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
    https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
    https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/03/19/9
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r043edc5dcf9199f7f882ed7906b41cb816753766e88b8792dbf319a9%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1218e60c32829f76943ecaca79237120c2ec1ab266459d711a578b50%40%3Cdev.pdfbox.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1d268642f8b52456ee8f876b888b8ed7a9e9568c7770789f3ded7f9e%40%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4717f902f8bc36d47b3fa978552a25e4ed3ddc2fffb52b94fbc4ab36%40%3Cusers.pdfbox.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4cbc3f6981cd0a1a482531df9d44e4c42a7f63342a7ba78b7bff8a1b%40%3Cnotifications.james.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r54594251369e14c185da9662a5340a52afbbdf75d61c9c3a69c8f2e8%40%3Cdev.pdfbox.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5c8e2125d18af184c80f7a986fbe47eaf0d30457cd450133adc235ac%40%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6e067a6d83ccb6892d0ff867bd216704f21fb0b6a854dea34be04f12%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7ee634c21816c69ce829d0c41f35afa2a53a99bdd3c7cce8644fdc0e%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r818058ff1e4b9f6bef4e5a2e74faff38cb3d3885c1e2db398bc55cfb%40%3Cusers.pdfbox.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r818058ff1e4b9f6bef4e5a2e74faff38cb3d3885c1e2db398bc55cfb%40%3Cusers.pdfbox.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r818058ff1e4b9f6bef4e5a2e74faff38cb3d3885c1e2db398bc55cfb%40%3Cusers.pdfbox.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r818058ff1e4b9f6bef4e5a2e74faff38cb3d3885c1e2db398bc55cfb%40%3Cusers.pdfbox.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ffe179385637b0b5cbdabd0246118005b4b8232909d2d14cd68ccd3%40%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raa35746227f3f8d50fff1db9899524423a718f6f35cd39bd4769fa6c%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc69140d894c6a9c67a8097a25656cce59b46a5620c354ceba10543c3%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re1e35881482e07dc2be6058d9b44483457f36133cac67956686ad9b9%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2AVLKAHFMPH72TTP25INPZPGX5FODK3H/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6KDA2U4KL2N3XT3PM4ZJEBBA6JJIH2G4/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6PT72QOFDXLJ7PLTN66EMG5EHPTE7TFZ/
    https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
    https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
    https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High