Bug 2512615 (CVE-2026-71852)

Summary: CVE-2026-71852 pypdf: pypdf: Denial of Service via crafted PDF with large CID font width ranges
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: anpicker, aruklets, bbrownin, doconnor, dschmidt, ebourniv, hasun, jfula, jlanda, jowilson, kshier, lgallett, nyancey, ometelka, ptisnovs, sbunciak, simaishi, stcannon, syedriko, teagle, xdharmai, yguenane
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A flaw was found in pypdf. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted PDF file that, when processed by the Font._collect_cid_character_widths function during text extraction, causes the library to expand unusually large font width ranges. This can lead to excessive memory consumption and long processing times, resulting in a denial of service.
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Bug Depends On: 2512855, 2512854    
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-07 19:21:37 UTC
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._collect_cid_character_widths expands unusually large CID font /W width ranges or excessive width entries during text extraction. This issue is fixed in 6.15.0.