CVE-2025-55197 — pypdf's Manipulated FlateDecode streams can exhaust RAM
pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to version 6.0.0, an attacker can craft a PDF which leads to the RAM being exhausted. This requires just reading t…
Published: 2025-08-13 · CVSS: 6.6 · CVSS 4.0
pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to version 6.0.0, an attacker can craft a PDF which leads to the RAM being exhausted. This requires just reading the file if a series of FlateDecode filters is used on a malicious cross-reference stream. Other content streams are affected on explicit access. This issue has been fixed in 6.0.0. If an update is not possible, a workaround involves including the fixed code from pypdf.filters.decompress into the existing filters file.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7