CVE-2026-59938
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.14.0, an attacker can craft a PDF with declared image size values that are much too large compared to the actual data, causing large memory usage in pypdf image parsing. This issue is fixed in version 6.14.0.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.9
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-07-08 18:16:35.097000
Last modified
2026-10-25 17:10:00.197000
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