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Apache PDFBox 2.0.31 released
2024-03-24

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 2.0.31. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.html

See the full release notes for details about this release.

Apache PDFBox 3.0.2 released
2024-03-14

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 3.0.2. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.html

See the full release notes for details about this release.

The Migration Guide shall give users coming from PDFBox 2.0.x an overview about things to look at when switching over. More details to come.

Apache PDFBox 3.0.1 released
2023-11-30

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 3.0.1. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.html

See the full release notes for details about this release.

The Migration Guide shall give users coming from PDFBox 2.0.x an overview about things to look at when switching over. More details to come.

Apache PDFBox 2.0.30 released
2023-11-04

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 2.0.30. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.html

See the full release notes for details about this release.

Apache PDFBox 3.0.0 released
2023-08-17

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 3.0.0. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.html

See the full release notes for details about this release.

The Migration Guide shall give users coming from PDFBox 2.0.x an overview about things to look at when switching over. More details to come.

Apache PDFBox 3.0.0-beta1 released
2023-07-14

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the first beta release of Apache PDFBox version 3.0.0. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.html

See the full release notes for details about this release.

The Migration Guide shall give users coming from PDFBox 2.0.x an overview about things to look at when switching over. More details to come.

Apache PDFBox 2.0.29 released
2023-07-01

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 2.0.29. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.html

See the full release notes for details about this release.

Apache PDFBox 2.0.28 released
2023-04-13

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 2.0.28. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.html

See the full release notes for details about this release.

Apache PDFBox 2.0.27 released
2022-09-29

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 2.0.27. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.html

See the full release notes for details about this release.

Apache PDFBox 1.8.17 released
2022-09-15

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 1.8.17. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.html

See the full release notes for details about this release.

Apache PDFBox 3.0.0-alpha3 released
2022-05-05

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the third alpha release of Apache PDFBox version 3.0.0. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.html

See the full release notes for details about this release.

The Migration Guide shall give users coming from PDFBox 2.0.x an overview about things to look at when switching over. More details to come.

Apache PDFBox 2.0.26 released
2022-04-21

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 2.0.26. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.html

See the full release notes for details about this release.

Apache PDFBox JBIG2 ImageIO plugin 3.0.4 released
2022-03-01

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox JBIG2 ImageIO plugin version 3.0.4. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.cgi

See the full release notes for details about this release.

Apache PDFBox 2.0.25 released
2021-12-16

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 2.0.25. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.html

See the full release notes for details about this release.

Apache PDFBox 3.0.0-alpha2 released
2021-09-10

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the second alpha release of Apache PDFBox version 3.0.0. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.html

See the full release notes for details about this release.

The Migration Guide shall give users coming from PDFBox 2.0.x an overview about things to look at when switching over. More details to come.

CVE-2021-31811, CVE-2021-31812 OutOfMemory and infinite loop
2021-06-11

CVE-2021-31811: A carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an OutOfMemory-Exception while loading a tiny file

CVE-2021-31812: A carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an infinite loop while loading the file

Versions Affected: Apache PDFBox <= 2.0.23

Mitigation: Upgrade to Apache PDFBox 2.0.24

Apache PDFBox 2.0.24 released
2021-06-10

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 2.0.24. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.html

See the full release notes for details about this release.

Apache PDFBox 3.0.0-RC1 released
2021-04-01

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the first release candidate of Apache PDFBox version 3.0.0. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.html

See the full release notes for details about this release.

The Migration Guide shall give users coming from PDFBox 2.0.x an overview about things to look at when switching over. More details to come.

CVE-2021-27807, CVE-2021-27906 Infinite loop and OutOfMemory
2021-03-20

CVE-2021-27807: A carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an infinite loop while loading the file.

CVE-2021-27906: A carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an OutOfMemory-Exception while loading the file.

Versions Affected: Apache PDFBox <= 2.0.22

Mitigation: Upgrade to Apache PDFBox 2.0.23

Apache PDFBox 2.0.23 released
2021-03-18

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 2.0.23. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.html

See the full release notes for details about this release.

Apache PDFBox 2.0.22 released
2020-12-19

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 2.0.22. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.cgi

See the full release notes for details about this release.

Apache PDFBox 2.0.21 released
2020-08-20

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 2.0.21. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.cgi

See the full release notes for details about this release.

Apache PDFBox 2.0.20 released
2020-06-07

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 2.0.20. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.cgi

See the full release notes for details about this release.

Apache PDFBox 2.0.19 released
2020-02-23

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 2.0.19. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.cgi

See the full release notes for details about this release.

Apache PDFBox 2.0.18 released
2019-12-23

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 2.0.18. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.cgi

See the full release notes for details about this release.

Apache PDFBox JBIG2 ImageIO plugin 3.0.3 released
2019-12-18

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox JBIG2 ImageIO plugin version 3.0.3. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.cgi

See the full release notes for details about this release.

Apache PDFBox 2.0.17 released
2019-09-20

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 2.0.17. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.cgi

See the full release notes for details about this release.

Apache PDFBox 2.0.16 released
2019-06-27

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 2.0.16. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.cgi

See the full release notes for details about this release.

CVE-2019-0228 XML External Entity vulnerability
2019-04-12

Due to a XML External Entity vulnerability we strongly recommend to update to the most recent version of Apache PDFBox.

Versions Affected: Apache PDFBox 2.0.14 only

Mitigation: Upgrade to Apache PDFBox 2.0.15

Apache PDFBox 2.0.15 released
2019-04-11

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 2.0.15. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.cgi

See the full release notes for details about this release.

Apache PDFBox 2.0.14 released
2019-02-28

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 2.0.14. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.cgi

See the full release notes for details about this release.

Apache PDFBox 2.0.13 released
2018-12-02

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 2.0.13. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.cgi

See the full release notes for details about this release.

[CVE-2018-11797] DoS vulnerability in Apache PDFBox parser
2018-10-05

DoS vulnerability in Apache PDFBox parser we strongly recommend to update to the most recent version of Apache PDFBox.

Versions Affected: Apache PDFBox 1.8.0 to 1.8.15 and 2.0.0RC1 to 2.0.11. Earlier, unsupported versions may be affected as well.

Mitigation: Upgrade to Apache PDFBox 1.8.16 respectively 2.0.12

Apache PDFBox 1.8.16 and 2.0.12 released
2018-10-05

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 1.8.16 and 2.0.12. They are available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.cgi

See the full release notes 1.8.16 and 2.0.12 for details about this release.

Apache PDFBox JBIG2 ImageIO plugin 3.0.2 released
2018-09-25

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox JBIG2 ImageIO plugin version 3.0.2. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.cgi

See the full release notes for details about this release.

[CVE-2018-8036] DoS (OOM) Vulnerability in Apache PDFBox's AFMParser
2018-06-30

Due to a DoS (OOM) Vulnerability in AFMParser we strongly recommend to update to the most recent version of Apache PDFBox.

Versions Affected: Apache PDFBox 1.8.0 to 1.8.14 and 2.0.0RC1 to 2.0.10. Earlier, unsupported versions may be affected as well.

Mitigation: Upgrade to Apache PDFBox 1.8.15 respectively 2.0.11

Apache PDFBox 1.8.15 and 2.0.11 released
2018-06-29

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox versions 1.8.15 and 2.0.11. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.cgi

See the full release notes 1.8.15 and full release notes 2.0.11 for details about these releases.

Apache PDFBox 2.0.10 released
2018-06-21

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 2.0.10. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.cgi

See the full release notes for details about this release.

Apache PDFBox JBIG2 ImageIO plugin 3.0.1 released
2018-05-17

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox JBIG2 ImageIO plugin version 3.0.1. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.cgi

See the full release notes for details about this release.

Apache PDFBox 1.8.14 released
2018-04-20

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 1.8.14. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.cgi

See the full release notes for details about this release.

Apache PDFBox 2.0.9 released
2018-03-23

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 2.0.9. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.cgi

See the full release notes for details about this release.

Apache PDFBox JBIG2 ImageIO plugin 3.0.0 released
2018-02-27

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the new release of Apache PDFBox JBIG2 ImageIO plugin version 3.0.0. It is the first release under the umbrella of the PDFBox PMC and is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.cgi

See the full release notes for details about this release.

Apache PDFBox 2.0.8 released
2017-11-02

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 2.0.8. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.cgi

See the full release notes for details about this release.

Apache PDFBox 2.0.7 released
2017-07-20

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 2.0.7. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.cgi

See the full release notes for details about this release.

Apache PDFBox 2.0.6 released
2017-05-15

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 2.0.6. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.cgi

See the full release notes for details about this release.

Apache PDFBox 2.0.5 released
2017-03-17

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 2.0.5. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.cgi

See the full release notes for details about this release.

Apache PDFBox 2.0.4 released
2016-12-16

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 2.0.4. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.cgi

See the full release notes for details about this release.

Apache PDFBox 1.8.13 released
2016-12-09

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 1.8.13.

The release is available for download at: https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.cgi

See the full release notes for details about this release.

Apache PDFBox 2.0.3 released
2016-09-17

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 2.0.3. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.cgi

See the full release notes for details about this release.

Apache PDFBox 2.0.2 released
2016-06-09

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 2.0.2. It is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.cgi

See the full release notes for details about this release.

CVE-2016-2175 XML External Entity vulnerability
2016-05-27

Due to a XML External Entity vulnerability we strongly recommend to update to the most recent version of Apache PDFBox.

Versions Affected: Apache PDFBox 1.8.0 to 1.8.11 and 2.0.0. Earlier, unsupported versions may be affected as well.

Mitigation: Upgrade to Apache PDFBox 1.8.12 respectively 2.0.1

Apache PDFBox 1.8.12 and 2.0.1 released
2016-04-26

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 1.8.12 and 2.0.1. They are available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.cgi

See the full release notes 1.8.12 and 2.0.1 for details about this release.

Apache PDFBox 2.0.0 released
2016-03-18

After more than 3 years of development the Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 2.0.0. It is available for download at:

http://pdfbox.apache.org/download.cgi

The Migration Guide shall give users coming from PDFBox 1.8 or earlier an overview about things to look at when switching over. More details to come.

See the full release notes for details about this release.

Apache PDFBox 1.8.11 released
2016-01-18

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 1.8.11.

The release is available for download at: https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.cgi

See the full release notes for details about this release.

Apache PDFBox 2.0.0 RC3 released
2016-01-15

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 2.0.0 RC3. The release is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.cgi

The numerous feedback on our second release candidate helps us to make this release candidate better again, e. g. optimized font cache, improved text extraction. A lot of bug fixes are included as well. We'd like to thank everybody who helps us to get a step foward. Please have a look at the new release candidate as well, so that the next release hopefully could be the final one.

See the full release notes for details about this release.

Apache PDFBox 2.0.0 RC2 released
2015-11-22

The Apache PDFBox community is pleased to announce the release of Apache PDFBox version 2.0.0 RC2. The release is available for download at:

https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.cgi

The numerous feedback on our first release candidate helps us to fix a lot of issues. We'd like to thank everybody who helps us to get a step foward. Please have a look at the new release candidate as well, so that the next release hopefully could be the final one.

See the full release notes for details about this release.

Apache PDFBox 2.0.0 RC1 released
2015-10-19

With the initial discussions starting 3 years ago PDFBox 2.0.0 is in the works for quite some time now - and we are in the final stages! To give you the opportunity to provide feedback a PDFBox 2.0.0-RC1 Release Candidate is now available.

The Migration Guide shall give users coming from PDFBox 1.8 or earlier an overview about things to look at when switching over. More details to come.