CVE-2025-62708

MEDIUM EPSS 32.0%
Published Oct 22, 20258mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
6.6 CVSS 4.0
Medium
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Published Oct 22, 2025 8mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to version 6.1.3, an attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to large memory usage. This requires parsing the content stream of a page using the LZWDecode filter. This has been fixed in pypdf version 6.1.3.

CVSS Details

Base Score
6.6
Exploitability
—
Impact
—
Vector string
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
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
32.0% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-409

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
pypdf_projectpypdf* <6.1.3

References 4

  • github.com https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/commit/e51d07807ffcdaf18077b9486dadb3dc05b368da
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/3502
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.1.3
    Release Notes
  • github.com https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-jfx9-29x2-rv3j
    PatchVendor Advisory

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/commit/e51d07807ffcdaf18077b9486dadb3dc05b368da
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/3502
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-jfx9-29x2-rv3j
    PatchVendor Advisory