CVE-2026-71852

A flaw was found in pypdf. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted PDF file that, when processed by the Font.collectcidcharacterwidths function during text extraction, causes the library to expand unusually large font width ranges. This can lead to excessive memory consumption and lon...

CVE-2026-71852

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.15.0, a crafted PDF can cause long runtimes and large memory consumption when pypdf/font.py function Font.collectcidcharacterwidths expands unusually large CID font /W width ranges or excessive width entries during text extractio...

CVE-2026-71852 pypdf: Possible long runtimes/large memory usage for large CID font width ranges

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.15.0, a crafted PDF can cause long runtimes and large memory consumption when pypdf/font.py function Font.collectcidcharacterwidths expands unusually large CID font /W width ranges or excessive width entries during text extractio...

CVE-2026-71852

The CVE concerns the Python PDF library pypdf. Before version 6.15.0, text extraction can trigger unusually large CID font /W width ranges or excessive width entries in pypdf/_font.py:Font._collect_cid_character_widths, causing long runtimes and high memory usage. This is remedied in 6.15.0. The ...