Name: CVE-2021-27906: Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2021-03-19T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2021-27906, CWE-789, CVSS 5.5, EPSS 0.03337

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade libpdfbox2-java	Jul 30, 2024	Mar 19, 2021
Suse	—	Upgrade apache-pdfboxUpgrade apache-pdfbox-javadoc	Aug 9, 2024	Mar 19, 2021
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Mar 19, 2021

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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