CVE-2026-71870

{
  "id": "CVE-2026-71870",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-08-07T20:16:52.873",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-24T15:10:00.190",
  "vulnStatus": "Analyzed",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.15.0, a crafted PDF can cause large memory consumption when pypdf/_cmap.py function parse_bfrange parses unusually large source-code or destination-string tokens in a font /ToUnicode CMap during text extraction. This issue is fixed in 6.15.0."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "pypdf es una biblioteca PDF gratuita y de código abierto escrita íntegramente en Python. Antes de la versión 6.15.0, un PDF manipulado puede causar un consumo elevado de memoria cuando la función parse_bfrange de pypdf/_cmap.py analiza tokens de código fuente o de cadena de destino inusualmente grandes en un CMap /ToUnicode de una fuente durante la extracción de texto. Este problema está solucionado en la versión 6.15.0."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
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            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "type": "Secondary",
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          "modifiedSubAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
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        }
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  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/commit/afba8080e19d29a3c256a742b340995e695b35aa",
      "source": "[email protected]",
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      "url": "https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/3944",
      "source": "[email protected]",
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    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.15.0",
      "source": "[email protected]",
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        "Release Notes"
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    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-fp3f-mc75-235c",
      "source": "[email protected]",
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        "Patch",
        "Vendor Advisory"
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}