Manipulated inline images can cause Infinite Loop in PyPDF2
Summary
Manipulated inline images can cause Infinite Loop in PyPDF2
Original description
The description as published by the source.
PyPDF2 is an open source python PDF library capable of splitting, merging, cropping, and transforming the pages of PDF files. In versions prior to 1.27.5 an attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to an infinite loop if the PyPDF2 if the code attempts to get the content stream. The reason is that the last while-loop in ContentStream._readInlineImage only terminates when it finds the EI token, but never actually checks if the stream has already ended. This issue has been resolved in version 1.27.5. Users unable to upgrade should validate and PDFs prior to iterating over their content stream.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2022-24859 pypdf2 Fixed in: 1.26.0-4+deb11u1
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- patch github.com
- report github.com
- web github.com
- web lists.debian.org
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