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Tim Allison edited comment on PDFBOX-5401 at 3/25/22, 4:38 PM: --------------------------------------------------------------- I confirmed this behavior with the last 2.0.26-SNAPSHOT I used for regression tests (from earlier this week?) with 3 of the 4 files ({{bda2803...}} does not cause problems for me). was (Author: talli...@mitre.org): Can confirm behavior with the last 2.0.26-SNAPSHOT I used for regression tests (from earlier this week?) with 3 of the 4 files ({{bda2803...}} does not cause problems for me). > A carefully crafted pdf can trigger an infinite loop while parsing > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: PDFBOX-5401 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-5401 > Project: PDFBox > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Parsing, PDModel > Affects Versions: 3.0.0 PDFBox > Environment: Mac OS 12.1 & Ubuntu Linux 16.04 (4.15.0-163-generic) > Reporter: Xiaohan Zhang > Priority: Major > Attachments: verified.zip > > > Hi, I found a crafted pdf that can trigger an infinite loop while parsing > using PDFBOX. I have tested on the latest commit of PDFBOX on Github. > > This bug can be triggered by the following code. > ``` > File ff = new File("path/to/the/sample"); > PDDocument document = Loader.loadPDF(ff); > ``` > > I found that the root cause of this infinite loop resides in the while-loop > at line 321 of [COSParse.java|#L321].]. When parsing the provided PDF files, > the variable $prev is never changed during this loop. -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.1#820001) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@pdfbox.apache.org