CVE-2022-24859

MEDIUM

Pypdf2 < 1.27.5 - Infinite Loop

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

PyPDF2 is an open source python PDF library capable of splitting, merging, cropping, and transforming the pages of PDF files. In versions prior to 1.27.5 an attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to an infinite loop if the PyPDF2 if the code attempts to get the content stream. The reason is that the last while-loop in `ContentStream._readInlineImage` only terminates when it finds the `EI` token, but never actually checks if the stream has already ended. This issue has been resolved in version `1.27.5`. Users unable to upgrade should validate and PDFs prior to iterating over their content stream.

Scores

CVSS v3 6.2
EPSS 0.0013
EPSS Percentile 31.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-835
Status published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux 9.0
pypdf2_project/pypdf2 < 1.27.5
pypi/PyPDF2 0 - 1.27.5PyPI
Published Apr 18, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026