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CVE-2025-64512

Pdfminer.six is a community maintained fork of the original PDFMiner, a tool for extracting information from PDF documents. Prior to version 20251107, pdfminer.six will execute arbitrary code from a malicious pickle file if provided with a malicious PDF file. The `CMapDB._load_data()` function in pdfminer.six uses `pickle.loads()` to deserialize pickle files. These pickle files are supposed to be part of the pdfminer.six distribution stored in the `cmap/` directory, but a malicious PDF can specify an alternative directory and filename as long as the filename ends in `.pickle.gz`. A malicious, zipped pickle file can then contain code which will automatically execute when the PDF is processed. Version 20251107 fixes the issue.

CVSS 8.6 · HighBuzz score 5.51 public exploit repository references

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Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 5.5

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Buzz score components · mention 0.0 · diversity 0.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 5.5
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0 evidence mentions in the snapshot
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0.0
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KEV score
0.0
No KEV entry observed
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
5.5
1 repos · best confidence 0.99
Best PoC traction
1
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    1 repository references · best confidence 0.99 · max 1 stars

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