Medium severity · published Jun 12, 2021
CVE-2021-31812
In Apache PDFBox, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an infinite loop while loading the file
5.5
CVSS
3.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.1% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BC
Banking Corporate Lending Process Management · Oracle
14.2.0; 14.3.0; 14.5.0 · source: NVD
BC
Banking Credit Facilities Process Management · Oracle
14.2.0; 14.3.0; 14.5.0 · source: NVD
BS
Banking Supply Chain Finance · Oracle
14.2.0; 14.3.0; 14.5.0 · source: NVD
CM
Communications Messaging Server · Oracle
8.1 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
33; 34 · source: NVD
PD
Pdfbox · Apache
2.0.0 through 2.0.23 · source: NVD
RC
Retail Customer Management And Segmentation Foundation · Oracle
18.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-31812
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-31812
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/06/12/1
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r132e9dbbe0ebdc08b39583d8be0a575fdba573d60a42d940228bceff%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r143fd8445e0e778f4a85187bd79438630b96b8040e9401751fdb8aea%40%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r179cc3b6822c167702ab35fe36093d5da4c99af44238c8a754c6860f%40%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2090789e4dcc2c87aacbd87d5f18e2d64dcb9f6eb7c47f5cf7d293cb%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra2ab0ce69ce8aaff0773b8c1036438387ce004c2afc6f066626e205e%40%3Cusers.pdfbox.apache.org%3E
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