MEDIUM
GHSA-52x6-gq3r-vpf4
pypdf: Possible infinite loop when retrieving fonts for layout-mode text extraction
Details
### Impact
An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to an infinite loop. This requires extracting the text in layout mode.
### Patches
This has been fixed in [pypdf==6.13.0](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.13.0).
### Workarounds
If you cannot upgrade yet, consider applying the changes from PR [#3830](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/3830).
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