SB2026080779 - Multiple vulnerabilities in PyPDF



SB2026080779 - Multiple vulnerabilities in PyPDF

Published: August 7, 2026

Security Bulletin ID SB2026080779
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 3
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Partial DoS

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.


1) Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity (CVE-ID: N/A)

CWE-ID: CWE-407 - Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity

CVSSv4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to inefficient algorithmic complexity in read_until_whitespace when parsing a crafted PDF input that lacks whitespace for a long time. A remote attacker can supply a crafted PDF file to cause a denial of service.


2) Excessive Iteration (CVE-ID: N/A)

CWE-ID: CWE-834 - Excessive Iteration

CVSSv4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to excessive iteration in the CID font width range parser when parsing font width entries with unusually large values in a crafted PDF. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a crafted PDF to cause a denial of service.

User interaction is required to open or process the crafted PDF, for example during text extraction.


3) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: N/A)

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

CVSSv4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause excessive memory consumption.

The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled resource consumption in the /ToUnicode stream parser when parsing a font /ToUnicode entry with unusually large values. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted PDF to cause excessive memory consumption.

This can occur during text extraction.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.