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UBUNTU-CVE-2023-36464 (CVE-2023-36464)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2023-06-27 22:15 – Updated: 2026-05-20 15:02 – Source website

Details

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"").

Severity

6.2 (Medium)


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

5.5 (Medium)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-36464	REPORT
	https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/969	REPORT
	https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/1828	REPORT
	https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisori…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-36464	REPORT

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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "python3-pypdf",
            "binary_version": "4.0.2-1"
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  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-36464",
  "modified": "2026-05-20T15:02:45Z",
  "published": "2023-06-27T22:15:00Z",
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      "score": "medium",
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}

CVE-2023-36464 (GCVE-0-2023-36464)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-27 21:24 – Updated: 2024-12-03 16:56

Title

Infinite Loop when a comment isn't followed by a character in pypdf

Summary

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"")`.

Severity

6.2 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-12-03 16:55 UTC

CWE

CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisori…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/1828	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/969	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
py-pdf	pypdf	Affected: pypdf: < 3.90 Affected: PyPDF2: >= 2.2.0

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