adawolfa/isdoc: Uncontrolled resource consumption (decompression bomb) when reading untrusted ISDOCX or PDF files
The advisory, in context
Impact
adawolfa/isdoc reads ISDOC invoices from ISDOCX (ZIP) archives and from PDF files with embedded ISDOC documents and supplements. Affected versions inflate ZIP entries and read embedded files without validating their uncompressed size, so a small crafted file can amplify into gigabytes:
- ISDOCX decompression bomb —
getFromName()inflates the ISDOC document and binary supplements with no size cap. saveTo()disk-fill — the supplement copy loop writes inflated bytes to disk with no running byte budget, so a bomb can exhaust disk even if the central-directory size is under-reported.- PDF embedded files — an embedded file whose declared
Lengthis enormous is read and digested with no upper bound.
Exploitation requires the application to parse an attacker-supplied .isdocx or .pdf (the typical use is generating files or parsing files from trusted vendors, so a user must be induced to process a malicious file). When that happens the process can be driven to exhaust memory or disk, causing denial of service. There is no confidentiality or integrity impact — availability only.
Patches
Fixed in 1.4.3, 1.5.1, 1.6.1 and 2.0.0. The readers now:
- read the uncompressed size from the ZIP central directory (
statName()) and reject entries over a cap before inflating — 256 KB (DocumentSizeLimit) for the ISDOC document, 32 MB (SizeLimit) for supplements; - enforce a running byte budget in
saveTo()and unlink the partial file on overflow; - reject PDF-embedded files whose declared
Lengthexceeds 256 MB before reading or digesting them.
New exceptions ReaderException::zipEntryTooLarge(), SupplementException::supplementTooLarge() and ReaderException::pdfSupplementTooLarge() surface the rejection.
Unsupported versions
Versions before 1.4.0 (the 1.0–1.3 lines) are also affected and will not receive a fix, because they target end-of-life PHP. Users on those lines should upgrade to a maintained release — 1.4.3, 1.5.1, 1.6.1, or 2.0.0.
Workarounds
No code-level workaround exists in affected versions; upgrading is the fix. As mitigation, restrict parsing to trusted input, or enforce an external size / decompression limit (validate ZIP entry sizes, cap process memory) before handing files to the library.
Resources
Affected packages
Start with the recorded fix for your release branch. Check your installed version and test compatibility before upgrading. Fixing this advisory does not rule out other vulnerabilities in the release.
From 1.6.0 before 1.6.1
Fixed in 1.6.1
1 explicitly affected versions
1.6.0
View affected-version evidence
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}From 1.5.0 before 1.5.1
Fixed in 1.5.1
1 explicitly affected versions
1.5.0
View affected-version evidence
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}From 1.4.0 before 1.4.3
Fixed in 1.4.3
3 explicitly affected versions
1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2
View affected-version evidence
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"1.4.1",
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}All releases from the beginning; no upper bound recorded
No fix recorded for this interval.
44 explicitly affected versions
1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.10, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5, 1.0.6, 1.0.7, 1.0.8, 1.0.9, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 1.2.5, 1.2.6, 1.2.7, 1.3.0, 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.3, 1.3.4, 1.3.5, 1.3.6, 1.3.7, 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.4.4, 1.5.0, 1.5.1, 1.5.2, 1.6.0, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 2.0.0, 2.0.1
View affected-version evidence
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"1.0.7",
"1.0.8",
"1.0.9",
"1.1.0",
"1.1.1",
"1.1.2",
"1.1.3",
"1.2.0",
"1.2.1",
"1.2.2",
"1.2.3",
"1.2.4",
"1.2.5",
"1.2.6",
"1.2.7",
"1.3.0",
"1.3.1",
"1.3.2",
"1.3.3",
"1.3.4",
"1.3.5",
"1.3.6",
"1.3.7",
"1.4.0",
"1.4.1",
"1.4.2",
"1.4.3",
"1.4.4",
"1.5.0",
"1.5.1",
"1.5.2",
"1.6.0",
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