SecuriTricks - CVE-2025-66019

Description

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to version 6.4.0, an attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to a memory usage of up to 1 GB per stream. This requires parsing the content stream of a page using the LZWDecode filter. This issue has been patched in version 6.4.0.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor	Product	Versions
Github	Pypdf	<6.4.0

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language	Software Edition	Target Software	Target Hardware	Other Information
a	github	pypdf	<6.4.0	/	/	/	/	/	/	/

References

https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/commit/96186725e5e6f237129a58a97cd19204a9ce40b2

https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.4.0

https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-m449-cwjh-6pw7

CVSS Score

6.6 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Attack Complexity: LOW
Attack Requirements: NONE
Privileges Required: NONE
User Interaction: NONE
Scope:
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: HIGH
Exploit Maturity: UNREPORTED

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/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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Timeline

Published: Nov. 26, 2025, 12:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Nov. 26, 2025, 12:15 a.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security-advisories@github.com

CVE-2025-66019