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pdfminer vulnerabilities

Type: advisorySource: OSV1 source record

It was discovered that pdfminer did not safely parse specially crafted PDF files. An attacker could possibly use these issues to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-64512, CVE-2025-70559)

Announced 28 Sept 2026Source revision 1

Original source ↗

USN-8837-1

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: osv:USN-8837-1

pdfminer

Source reference: /affected/0/package/name

Affected versions: 20110515+dfsg-1
Source reference: /affected/0/versions
20140328+dfsg-1
Source reference: /affected/0/versions
Fixed versions: 20140328+dfsg-1ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1
Source reference: /affected/0/ranges
Prerequisites: Not stated in this record

pdfminer

Source reference: /affected/1/package/name

Affected versions: 20140328+dfsg-1
Source reference: /affected/1/versions
Fixed versions: 20140328+dfsg-1ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1
Source reference: /affected/1/ranges
Prerequisites: Not stated in this record

pdfminer

Source reference: /affected/2/package/name

Affected versions: 20181108+dfsg-3
Source reference: /affected/2/versions
20191020+dfsg-1
Source reference: /affected/2/versions
20191020+dfsg-2
Source reference: /affected/2/versions
Fixed versions: 20191020+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
Source reference: /affected/2/ranges
Prerequisites: Not stated in this record

pdfminer

Source reference: /affected/3/package/name

Affected versions: 20200726-1
Source reference: /affected/3/versions
20201018+dfsg-1
Source reference: /affected/3/versions
20220319+dfsg-1
Source reference: /affected/3/versions
Fixed versions: 20220319+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Source reference: /affected/3/ranges
Prerequisites: Not stated in this record

pdfminer

Source reference: /affected/4/package/name

Affected versions: 20221105+dfsg-1
Source reference: /affected/4/versions
Fixed versions: 20221105+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Source reference: /affected/4/ranges
Prerequisites: Not stated in this record

Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

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Publisher severity

No explicit severity was provided.

Event: #23744 · Revision 1
Added to Heist Feed: Sun, 25 Oct 2026 06:24:05 GMT
Publisher date: Mon, 28 Sep 2026 14:43:34 GMT

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