CVE-2021-31811 vulnerability in Apache and Other Products
Published on June 12, 2021
A carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an OutOfMemory-Exception while loading a tiny file
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.
Weakness Type
What is a Stack Exhaustion Vulnerability?
The product allocates memory based on an untrusted, large size value, but it does not ensure that the size is within expected limits, allowing arbitrary amounts of memory to be allocated.
CVE-2021-31811 has been classified to as a Stack Exhaustion vulnerability or weakness.
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