CVE-2026-71852 (GCVE-0-2026-71852)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-07 18:53 – Updated: 2026-08-10 12:03
VLAI
Title
pypdf: Possible long runtimes/large memory usage for large CID font width ranges
Summary
pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.15.0, a crafted PDF can cause long runtimes and large memory consumption when pypdf/_font.py function Font._collect_cid_character_widths expands unusually large CID font /W width ranges or excessive width entries during text extraction. This issue is fixed in 6.15.0.
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-10 12:03 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
py-pdf pypdf Affected: < 6.15.0
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