pypdf is a pure-python PDF library capable of splitting, merging, cropping, and transforming the pages of PDF files. An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to unexpected long runtime. This quadratic runtime blocks the current process and can utilize a single core of the CPU by 100%. It does not affect memory usage. This issue has been addressed in PR 808 and versions from 1.27.9 include this fix. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2023-06-30T18:43:12.801Z

Updated: 2023-06-30T18:43:12.801Z

Reserved: 2023-06-27T15:43:18.383Z


Link: CVE-2023-36810

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-06-30T19:15:09.357

Modified: 2023-07-14T23:15:08.883


Link: CVE-2023-36810

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