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FreeBSD: VID-fa433f05-c217-11f0-82ac-901b0edee044 (CVE-2025-64512): py-pdfminer.six -- Arbitrary Code Execution in pdfminer.six via Crafted PDF Input
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Nov 17, 2025 | Dec 10, 2025 | Jan 27, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Nov 17, 2025
Added
Dec 10, 2025
Modified
Jan 27, 2026
Description
Pieter Marsman reports: 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.
Solutions
freebsd-upgrade-package-py310-pdfminer-sixfreebsd-upgrade-package-py311-pdfminer-sixfreebsd-upgrade-package-py312-pdfminer-sixfreebsd-upgrade-package-py313-pdfminer-sixfreebsd-upgrade-package-py313t-pdfminer-sixfreebsd-upgrade-package-py314-pdfminer-six
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