CVE-2021-27807 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Apache PDFBox versions 2.0.22 and earlier, where a specially crafted PDF file can induce an infinite loop during loading. This issue primarily impacts Apache PDFBox, with associated products including Fedora and Oracle. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), it requires user interaction (UI:R) to open the malicious file, leading to high availability impact (A:H) but no confidentiality or integrity compromise. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2.0.0, <= 2.0.22CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
32CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
33CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
34CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_trade_finance_process_management:14.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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