CVE-2026-102996 — pypdf: Possible large memory usage when parsing font data
pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.18.1, a crafted PDF can provide a TrueType or Type1 simple font with an unusually large /Widths array, causin…
Published: 2026-09-30 · CVSS: 8.7 · CVSS 4.0
pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.18.1, a crafted PDF can provide a TrueType or Type1 simple font with an unusually large /Widths array, causing pypdf/_font.py Font._collect_tt_t1_character_widths to process entries beyond the 256 character codes meaningful for a simple font and consume excessive memory during operations such as text extraction. This issue is fixed in version 6.18.1.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7