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libpdfbox-java, libpdfbox2-java — security advisory
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.
- Products
- libpdfbox-java, libpdfbox2-java
- Affected versions
- 1:1.8.10-1, 1:1.8.10-2, 1:1.8.11+dfsg-1, 1:1.8.13-1, 1:1.8.13-2, 1:1.8.16-2, 1:1.8.16-2~18.04, 1:1.8.16-4, 1:1.8.16-5, 1:1.8.7+dfsg-1, 2.0.13-2~18.04, 2.0.16-1, 2.0.17-1, 2.0.18-1, 2.0.23-1, 2.0.24-2, 2.0.25-1, 2.0.27-2, 2.0.29-1, 2.0.7-1, 2.0.8-1, 2.0.8-2, 2.0.9-1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-31811
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:34 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2021-31811
libpdfbox-java
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libpdfbox-java
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libpdfbox2-java
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libpdfbox-java
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libpdfbox2-java
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libpdfbox-java
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libpdfbox2-java
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libpdfbox-java
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libpdfbox2-java
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libpdfbox-java
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libpdfbox2-java
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libpdfbox-java
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libpdfbox2-java
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libpdfbox-java
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libpdfbox2-java
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Complete source record
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"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/06/12/2",
"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re3bd16f0cc8f1fbda46b06a4b8241cd417f71402809baa81548fc20e%40%3Cusers.pdfbox.apache.org%3E",
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"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf937c2236e6c79cdb99f76a70690dd345e53dbe0707cb506a202e43e@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E",
"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re0cacd3fb337cdf8469853913ed2b4ddd8f8bfc52ff0ddbe61c1dfba@%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E",
"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r132e9dbbe0ebdc08b39583d8be0a575fdba573d60a42d940228bceff@%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E",
"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r179cc3b6822c167702ab35fe36093d5da4c99af44238c8a754c6860f@%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E",
"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2090789e4dcc2c87aacbd87d5f18e2d64dcb9f6eb7c47f5cf7d293cb@%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E",
"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfe26bcaba564deb505c32711ba68df7ec589797dcd96ff3389a8aaba@%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E",
"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd4b6db6c3b8ab3c70f1c3bbd725a40920896453ffc2744ade6afd9fb@%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E",
"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r143fd8445e0e778f4a85187bd79438630b96b8040e9401751fdb8aea@%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E",
"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-31811"
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"value": "CVE-2021-31811",
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],
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},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 354041,
"published_at": "2021-06-12T10:15:00+00:00"
}