3.3

CVE-2026-71852

pypdf: Possible long runtimes/large memory usage for large CID font width ranges

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.15.0, a crafted PDF can cause long runtimes and large memory consumption when pypdf/_font.py function Font._collect_cid_character_widths expands unusually large CID font /W width ranges or excessive width entries during text extraction. This issue is fixed in 6.15.0.
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Pypdf Project ≫ Pypdf Version < 6.15.0
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.13% 0.027
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
NIST 3.3 1.8 1.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
security-advisories@github.com 4.8 0 0
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CWE-834 Excessive Iteration

The product performs an iteration or loop without sufficiently limiting the number of times that the loop is executed.

https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/commit/51cb6acf9e8a35b77e90b4d87d28fe3e1416d7d7
Patch
https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/3946
Patch
https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.15.0
Release Notes
https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-fwg2-594c-jp42
Patch
Vendor Advisory