CVE-2026-71852

medium

Description

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.

References

https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-fwg2-594c-jp42

https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.15.0

https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/3946

https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/commit/51cb6acf9e8a35b77e90b4d87d28fe3e1416d7d7

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-07

Updated: 2026-08-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 4.8

Vector: 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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00127