CVE-2021-27807: Excessive Iteration Denial of Service in Apache PDFBox

CVE-2021-27807 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2021-06-16

Excessive Iteration Denial of Service in Apache PDFBox

Technologies: org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox (Maven). Vendors: Maven.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2021-27807 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2021-27807 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2021-27807?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 16 June 2021.
Which products and versions are affected?
org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.0.0,fixed=2.0.23.
Is there a fix for CVE-2021-27807?
Yes. org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox (Maven): upgrade to 2.0.23 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2021-27807?
Check whether you run org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox (Maven) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox (Maven): upgrade to 2.0.23 or later
    # set org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox to 2.0.23 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

Affected products

  • org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.0.0,fixed=2.0.23

Identifiers

  • CVE-2021-27807
  • GHSA-2h3j-m7gr-25xj

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