ghsa-wjcc-cq79-p63f
Vulnerability from github
Published
2023-10-31 22:22
Modified
2023-10-31 22:22
Severity ?
5.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Possible Infinite Loop when PdfWriter(clone_from) is used with a PDF
Details

Impact

An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to an infinite loop. This infinite loop blocks the current process and can utilize a single core of the CPU by 100%. It does not affect memory usage.

That is, for example, the case when the pypdf-user manipulates an incoming malicious PDF e.g. by merging it with another PDF or by adding annotations.

Patches

The issue was fixed with #2264

Workarounds

If you cannot update your version of pypdf, you should modify pypdf/generic/_data_structures.py just like #2264 did.

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "pypdf"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "3.7.0"
            },
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              "fixed": "3.17.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-46250"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-835"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2023-10-31T22:22:50Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-10-31T16:15:09Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\nAn attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to an infinite loop.\nThis infinite loop blocks the current process and can utilize a single core of the CPU by 100%. It does not affect memory usage.\n\nThat is, for example, the case when the pypdf-user manipulates an incoming malicious PDF e.g. by merging it with another PDF or by adding annotations.\n\n### Patches\nThe issue was fixed with #2264\n\n### Workarounds\nIf you cannot update your version of pypdf, you should modify `pypdf/generic/_data_structures.py` just like #2264 did.",
  "id": "GHSA-wjcc-cq79-p63f",
  "modified": "2023-10-31T22:22:50Z",
  "published": "2023-10-31T22:22:50Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-wjcc-cq79-p63f"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46250"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/2264"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/commit/9b23ac3c9619492570011d551d521690de9a3e2d"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Possible Infinite Loop when PdfWriter(clone_from) is used with a PDF"
}


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