MediumFix available
libpdfbox-java, libpdfbox2-java — security advisory
In Apache PDFBox 1.8.0 to 1.8.15 and 2.0.0RC1 to 2.0.11, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an extremely long running computation when parsing the page tree.
- Products
- libpdfbox-java, libpdfbox2-java
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1:1.8.16-1, 2.0.12-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-11797
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 00:06 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In Apache PDFBox 1.8.0 to 1.8.15 and 2.0.0RC1 to 2.0.11, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an extremely long running computation when parsing the page tree.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-11797
libpdfbox-java
Fixed versions: 1:1.8.16-1
libpdfbox-java
Fixed versions: 1:1.8.16-1
libpdfbox-java
Fixed versions: 1:1.8.16-1
libpdfbox2-java
Fixed versions: 2.0.12-1
libpdfbox2-java
Fixed versions: 2.0.12-1
libpdfbox2-java
Fixed versions: 2.0.12-1
Complete source record
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