Advisories for Maven/Org.verapdf/Parser package

2026

veraPDF Parser DoS via PostScript Type 1 Font Programs

Description A PostScript-interpreter-driven Denial of Service (CWE-1325) vulnerability in veraPDF allows a remote attacker to exhaust validator memory or CPU by submitting a PDF whose Type 1 font /FontFile is a font program containing attacker-supplied PostScript. veraPDF's Type 1 font program parser dispatches every cleartext token through a hardcoded operator allow-list whose members include the unbounded array N allocation operator and the for control operator with no zero-increment guard. This …

veraPDF Parser DoS via PostScript CMap Streams

Description A PostScript-interpreter-driven Denial of Service (CWE-1325) vulnerability in veraPDF allows a remote attacker to exhaust validator memory or CPU by submitting a PDF whose Type 0 font /Encoding (or any /ToUnicode) is a CMap stream containing attacker-supplied PostScript. veraPDF reuses its CMap parser as a general PostScript interpreter and exposes the unguarded array N allocation operator and the for control operator with no zero-increment guard. This affects all current …