GHSA-x284-j5p8-9c5pMediumCVSS 6.5
pypdf: Manipulated FlateDecode image dimensions can exhaust RAM
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
Impact
An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to the RAM being exhausted. This requires accessing an image using /FlateDecode with large size values.
Patches
This has been fixed in pypdf==6.10.2.
Workarounds
If you cannot upgrade yet, consider applying the changes from PR #3734.
🎯 Affected products1
- pip/pypdf:< 6.10.2
🔗 References (6)
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-x284-j5p8-9c5p
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/3734
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.10.2
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41314
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/commit/ac734dab4eef92bcce50d503949b4d9887d89f11
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x284-j5p8-9c5p