ubuntu-cve-2021-31811
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2021-06-12 10:15
Modified
2026-05-20 14:53
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2021-31811",
  "modified": "2026-05-20T14:53:19Z",
  "published": "2021-06-12T10:15:00Z",
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}



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