GHSA-xcjx-m2pj-8g79

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    GHSA-xcjx-m2pj-8g79

    Published: 22 Apr 2022Last Modified: 14 Oct 2024

    Summary: Manipulated inline images can cause Infinite Loop in PyPDF2

    Details: ### Impact An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to an infinite loop if the PyPDF2 user wrote the following code: ```python from PyPDF2 import PdfFileReader, PdfFileWriter from PyPDF2.pdf import ContentStream reader = PdfFileReader("malicious.pdf", strict=False) for page in reader.pages: ContentStream(page.getContents(), reader) ``` ### Patches [`PyPDF2==1.27.5`](https://pypi.org/project/PyPDF2) and later are patched. Credits to [Sebastian Krause](https://github.com/sekrause) for finding ([issue](https://github.com/py-pdf/PyPDF2/issues/329)) and fixing ([PR](https://github.com/py-pdf/PyPDF2/pull/740)) it.

    References: https://github.com/py-pdf/PyPDF2/security/advisories/GHSA-xcjx-m2pj-8g79, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24859, https://github.com/py-pdf/PyPDF2/issues/329, https://github.com/py-pdf/PyPDF2/pull/740, https://github.com/py-pdf/PyPDF2, https://github.com/py-pdf/PyPDF2/releases/tag/1.27.5, https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pypdf2/PYSEC-2022-194.yaml, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00001.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00013.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pypdf2

    Purl: pkg:pypi/pypdf2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.27.5

    Affected versions

    1.15

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
    None
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    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    GHSA-xcjx-m2pj-8g79 | CVE-DB