CVE-2023-36464

MEDIUM

pypdf < 3.9.0 - Denial of Service via Infinite Loop in Content Stream Parser

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

pypdf is an open source, pure-python PDF library. In affected versions an attacker may craft a PDF which leads to an infinite loop if `__parse_content_stream` is executed. That is, for example, the case if the user extracted text from such a PDF. This issue was introduced in pull request #969 and resolved in pull request #1828. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may modify the line `while peek not in (b"\r", b"\n")` in `pypdf/generic/_data_structures.py` to `while peek not in (b"\r", b"\n", b"")`.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/969

Scores

CVSS v3 6.2
EPSS 0.0034
EPSS Percentile 25.5%
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 (4)
pypdf2_project/pypdf2 2.2.0
pypdf_project/pypdf < 3.9.0
pypi/pypdf 3.1.0 - 3.9.0PyPI
pypi/PyPDF2 2.2.0PyPI
Published Jun 27, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026