pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.15.0, a crafted PDF can cause long runtimes and large memory consumption when pypdf/font.py function Font.collectcidcharacter_widths expands unusually large CID font /W width ranges or excessive width entries during text extraction. This issue is fixed in 6.15.0.
{
"unresolved_ranges": [
{
"source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
"extracted_events": [
{
"fixed": "6.15.0"
}
]
}
],
"cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-834"
],
"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/71xxx/CVE-2026-71852.json"
}