CVE-2023-36807
- Reference to the description:
- Description:
- pypdf is a pure-python PDF library capable of splitting, merging, cropping, and transforming the pages of PDF files. In version 2.10.5 an attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to an infinite loop. This infinite loop blocks the current process and can utilize a single core of the CPU by 100%. It does not affect memory usage. That is, for example, the case if the user extracted metadata from such a malformed PDF. Versions prior to 2.10.5 throw an error, but do not hang forever. This issue was fixed with https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/1331 which has been included in release 2.10.6. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should modify `PyPDF2/generic/_data_structures.py::read_object` to an an error throwing case. See GHSA-hm9v-vj3r-r55m for details.
- Last updated date:
- 07/10/2023
- Type:
- exploit
- Confidence:
- HIGH
- Date of publishing:
- 07/10/2023
- Reference url to background
- Type:
- exploit
- Confidence:
- HIGH
- Date of publishing:
- 07/10/2023
- Reference url to background
https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-hm9v-vj3r-r55m