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GO-2026-6115

Multiple denial of service vulnerabilities in rsc.io/pdf and forks

Details

The PDF parser in rsc.io/pdf and its downstream forks github.com/ledongthuc/pdf and github.com/dslipak/pdf contains multiple defects when parsing untrusted input:

- Unchecked /Size, /Index, /W, and classic subsection header parameters in cross-reference tables allow crafted values to trigger fatal out-of-memory (OOM) panics. - Unterminated hexadecimal strings cause an infinite loop in readByte and readHexString. - Cyclic object references (/First, /Parent, /Kids, /Next) in document outlines cause unbounded recursion leading to uncatchable stack overflow. - Various malformed constructs trigger runtime panics in NewReader and Page.Content (such as empty graphics state pop 'Q', oversized CMap entries, odd-length UTF-16 strings, and newline buffer underflows).

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Affected packages

Go / rsc.io/pdf
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Go / github.com/ledongthuc/pdf
Introduced in: 0

No fixed version published yet for github.com/ledongthuc/pdf (go modules). Pin to a known-safe version or switch to an alternative.

Go / github.com/dslipak/pdf
Introduced in: 0

No fixed version published yet for github.com/dslipak/pdf (go modules). Pin to a known-safe version or switch to an alternative.

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