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CVE-2026-102996— pypdf: Possible large memory usage when parsing font data

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py-pdf pypdf
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pypdf 是一个免费且开源的纯 Python PDF 库。在 6.18.1 版本之前，一个经过恶意构造的 PDF 文件可以提供一个 TrueType 或 Type1 简单字体，其 数组异常庞大。这会导致 中的 方法处理超出简单字体所支持的 256 个字符代码范围之外的条目，从而在执行文本提取等操作时消耗过量内存。该问题已在 6.18.1 版本中修复。

CVSS 8.7 · High
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Vulnerability Title
pypdf: Possible large memory usage when parsing font data
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.18.1, a crafted PDF can provide a TrueType or Type1 simple font with an unusually large /Widths array, causing pypdf/_font.py Font._collect_tt_t1_character_widths to process entries beyond the 256 character codes meaningful for a simple font and consume excessive memory during operations such as text extraction. This issue is fixed in version 6.18.1.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
未加控制的资源消耗(资源穷尽)
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
py-pdf pypdf < 6.18.1 -

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Other References for CVE-2026-102996 (4)

Same Patch Batch · py-pdf · 2026-09-30 · 8 CVEs total

CVE-2026-102998 8.7 HIGH pypdf: Possible long runtimes when generating appearance streams
CVE-2026-102995 8.7 HIGH pypdf: Possible large memory usage for large /ToUnicode streams (Follow-up 2)
CVE-2026-102997 8.7 HIGH pypdf: Possible long runtimes for partially malformed FlateDecode streams (Follow-up)
CVE-2026-102993 8.7 HIGH pypdf: Possible large memory usage when retrieving Roman page labels
CVE-2026-102994 8.7 HIGH pypdf: Possible long runtimes/large memory usage when parsing indirect objects
CVE-2026-102999 8.7 HIGH pypdf: Possible long runtimes with large amount of embedded files
CVE-2026-103000 8.7 HIGH pypdf: Possible large memory usage when retrieving alphabetical page labels

IV. Related Vulnerabilities

Same product: pypdf
Same vendor: py-pdf
Same weakness: CWE-400

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