CVE-2022-24859CWE-835

Manipulated inline images can cause Infinite Loop in PyPDF2

Medium · published April 18, 2022

CVSS v3.1
6.2
EPSS
1%
Percentile
70.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.2 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01317 · 70.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-835 · Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Published
2022-04-18T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 APR 00:00Z
    Manipulated inline images can cause Infinite Loop in PyPDF2
    cvelistv5