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CVE-2026-71852PYSEC-2026-3656GHSA-FWG2-594C-JP42

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

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 6.15.0
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • py-pdf pypdf

    fixed in 6.15.0

  • pypdfPyPI

    fixed in 6.15.0

References 4

GitHub · py-pdf/pypdf