CVE-2025-66019 – pypdf manipulated LZWDecode streams can exhaust RAM

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CVE-2025-66019 vulnerability over time.

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  • New CVE Received
    by [email protected]

    Nov. 26, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to version 6.4.0, an attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to a memory usage of up to 1 GB per stream. This requires parsing the content stream of a page using the LZWDecode filter. This issue has been patched in version 6.4.0.
    Added CVSS V4.0 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
    Added CWE CWE-400
    Added CWE CWE-409
    Added Reference https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/commit/96186725e5e6f237129a58a97cd19204a9ce40b2
    Added Reference https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.4.0
    Added Reference https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-m449-cwjh-6pw7
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