CVE-2023-46250 (GCVE-0-2023-46250)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-10-31 15:23
Modified
2024-09-05 18:54
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CWE
- CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Summary
pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. An attacker who uses a vulnerability present in versions 3.7.0 through 3.16.4 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 when the pypdf-user manipulates an incoming malicious PDF e.g. by merging it with another PDF or by adding annotations. The issue was fixed in version 3.17.0. As a workaround, apply the patch manually by modifying `pypdf/generic/_data_structures.py`.
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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