CVE-2023-36464 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-36464: Infinite Loop when a comment isn't followed by a character in pypdf

Vendor Py-Pdf
Product pypdf
Weakness CWE-835
Published June 27, 2023
Last update December 3, 2024

CVSS base score

6.2/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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"")`.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 27, 2023 CVE published
December 3, 2024 Record updated