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oesa-2021-1256
Vulnerability from osv_openeuler
Published
2021-07-03 11:04
Modified
2026-08-06 11:04
Summary
pdfbox security update
Details

Apache PDFBox is an open source Java PDF library for working with PDF documents. This project allows creation of new PDF documents, manipulation of existing documents and the ability to extract content from documents. Apache PDFBox also includes several command line utilities. Apache PDFBox is published under the Apache License v2.0.

Security Fix(es):

In Apache PDFBox, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an OutOfMemory-Exception while loading the file. This issue affects Apache PDFBox version 2.0.23 and prior 2.0.x versions.(CVE-2021-31811)

In Apache PDFBox, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an infinite loop while loading the file. This issue affects Apache PDFBox version 2.0.23 and prior 2.0.x versions.(CVE-2021-31812)

Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "noarch": [
          "xmpbox-2.0.24-1.oe1.noarch.rpm",
          "fontbox-2.0.24-1.oe1.noarch.rpm",
          "pdfbox-2.0.24-1.oe1.noarch.rpm",
          "preflight-2.0.24-1.oe1.noarch.rpm",
          "pdfbox-javadoc-2.0.24-1.oe1.noarch.rpm",
          "pdfbox-debugger-2.0.24-1.oe1.noarch.rpm",
          "pdfbox-reactor-2.0.24-1.oe1.noarch.rpm",
          "pdfbox-parent-2.0.24-1.oe1.noarch.rpm",
          "pdfbox-tools-2.0.24-1.oe1.noarch.rpm"
        ],
        "src": [
          "pdfbox-2.0.24-1.oe1.src.rpm"
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "openEuler:20.03-LTS-SP1",
        "name": "pdfbox",
        "purl": "pkg:rpm/openEuler/pdfbox\u0026distro=openEuler-20.03-LTS-SP1"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.0.24-1.oe1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "severity": "Medium"
  },
  "details": "Apache PDFBox is an open source Java PDF library for working with PDF documents. This project allows creation of new PDF documents, manipulation of existing documents and the ability to extract content from documents. Apache PDFBox also includes several command line utilities. Apache PDFBox is published under the Apache License v2.0.\r\n\r\nSecurity Fix(es):\r\n\r\nIn Apache PDFBox, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an OutOfMemory-Exception while loading the file. This issue affects Apache PDFBox version 2.0.23 and prior 2.0.x versions.(CVE-2021-31811)\n\nIn Apache PDFBox, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an infinite loop while loading the file. This issue affects Apache PDFBox version 2.0.23 and prior 2.0.x versions.(CVE-2021-31812)",
  "id": "OESA-2021-1256",
  "modified": "2026-08-06T11:04:29Z",
  "published": "2021-07-03T11:04:29Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://openeuler.org/en/security/safety-bulletin/detail.html?id=openEuler-SA-2021-1256"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-31811"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-31812"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.2",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "pdfbox security update",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2021-31811",
    "CVE-2021-31812"
  ]
}



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