Infinite Loop when reading malformed objects in pypdf

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from ._codecs import adobe_glyphs, charset_encoding
 from ._utils import logger_warning
 from .errors import PdfReadWarning
-from .generic import DecodedStreamObject, DictionaryObject
+from .generic import DecodedStreamObject, DictionaryObject, NameObject
 
 
 # code freely inspired from @twiggy ; see #711
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ def parse_encoding(
     enc: Union(str, DictionaryObject) = ft["/Encoding"].get_object()  # type: ignore
     if isinstance(enc, str):
         try:
+            enc = NameObject.unnumber(enc)  # for #xx decoding
             if enc in charset_encoding:
                 encoding = charset_encoding[enc].copy()
             elif enc in _predefined_cmap:

@@ -420,6 +420,14 @@ def writeToStream(
         deprecate_with_replacement("writeToStream", "write_to_stream")
         self.write_to_stream(stream, encryption_key)
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def unnumber(sin: str) -> str:
+        i = sin.find("#")
+        while i >= 0:
+            sin = sin[:i] + chr(int(sin[i + 1 : i + 3], 16)) + sin[i + 3 :]
+            i = sin.find("#")
+        return sin
+
     @staticmethod
     def read_from_stream(stream: StreamType, pdf: Any) -> "NameObject":  # PdfReader
         name = stream.read(1)
@@ -431,10 +439,11 @@ def read_from_stream(stream: StreamType, pdf: Any) -> "NameObject":  # PdfReader
                 ret = name.decode("utf-8")
             except (UnicodeEncodeError, UnicodeDecodeError):
                 ret = name.decode("gbk")
-            return NameObject(ret)
-        except (UnicodeEncodeError, UnicodeDecodeError) as e:
             # Name objects should represent irregular characters
             # with a '#' followed by the symbol's hex number
+            ret = NameObject.unnumber(ret)
+            return NameObject(ret)
+        except (UnicodeEncodeError, UnicodeDecodeError) as e:
             if not pdf.strict:
                 logger_warning("Illegal character in Name Object", __name__)
                 return NameObject(name)

@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@
 from ._utils import read_hex_string_from_stream, read_string_from_stream
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-ObjectPrefix = b"/<[tf(n%"
 NumberSigns = b"+-"
 IndirectPattern = re.compile(rb"[+-]?(\d+)\s+(\d+)\s+R[^a-zA-Z]")
 
@@ -263,10 +262,19 @@ def read_unsized_from_steam(stream: StreamType, pdf: Any) -> bytes:  # PdfReader
                 stream.read(1)
                 break
             stream.seek(-1, 1)
-            key = read_object(stream, pdf)
-            tok = read_non_whitespace(stream)
-            stream.seek(-1, 1)
-            value = read_object(stream, pdf, forced_encoding)
+            try:
+                key = read_object(stream, pdf)
+                tok = read_non_whitespace(stream)
+                stream.seek(-1, 1)
+                value = read_object(stream, pdf, forced_encoding)
+            except Exception as exc:
+                if pdf is not None and pdf.strict:
+                    raise PdfReadError(exc.__repr__())
+                logger_warning(exc.__repr__(), __name__)
+                retval = DictionaryObject()
+                retval.update(data)
+                return retval  # return partial data
+
             if not data.get(key):
                 data[key] = value
             else:
@@ -812,10 +820,9 @@ def read_object(
 ) -> Union[PdfObject, int, str, ContentStream]:
     tok = stream.read(1)
     stream.seek(-1, 1)  # reset to start
-    idx = ObjectPrefix.find(tok)
-    if idx == 0:
+    if tok == b"/":
         return NameObject.read_from_stream(stream, pdf)
-    elif idx == 1:
+    elif tok == b"<":
         # hexadecimal string OR dictionary
         peek = stream.read(2)
         stream.seek(-2, 1)  # reset to start
@@ -824,15 +831,15 @@ def read_object(
             return DictionaryObject.read_from_stream(stream, pdf, forced_encoding)
         else:
             return read_hex_string_from_stream(stream, forced_encoding)
-    elif idx == 2:
+    elif tok == b"[":
         return ArrayObject.read_from_stream(stream, pdf, forced_encoding)
-    elif idx == 3 or idx == 4:
+    elif tok == b"t" or tok == b"f":
         return BooleanObject.read_from_stream(stream)
-    elif idx == 5:
+    elif tok == b"(":
         return read_string_from_stream(stream, forced_encoding)
-    elif idx == 6:
+    elif tok == b"n":
         return NullObject.read_from_stream(stream)
-    elif idx == 7:
+    elif tok == b"%":
         # comment
         while tok not in (b"\r", b"\n"):
             tok = stream.read(1)
@@ -843,14 +850,18 @@ def read_object(
         tok = read_non_whitespace(stream)
         stream.seek(-1, 1)
         return read_object(stream, pdf, forced_encoding)
-    else:
+    elif tok in b"0123456789+-.":
         # number object OR indirect reference
         peek = stream.read(20)
         stream.seek(-len(peek), 1)  # reset to start
         if IndirectPattern.match(peek) is not None:
             return IndirectObject.read_from_stream(stream, pdf)
         else:
             return NumberObject.read_from_stream(stream)
+    else:
+        raise PdfReadError(
+            f"Invalid Elementary Object starting with {tok} @{stream.tell()}"  # type: ignore
+        )
 
 
 class Field(TreeObject):

@@ -1139,6 +1139,7 @@ def get_object(self, indirect_reference: IndirectObject) -> Optional[PdfObject]:
                     buf = bytes(self.stream.getbuffer())  # type: ignore
                 else:
                     p = self.stream.tell()
+                    self.stream.seek(0, 0)
                     buf = self.stream.read(-1)
                     self.stream.seek(p, 0)
                 m = re.search(
@@ -1192,6 +1193,7 @@ def get_object(self, indirect_reference: IndirectObject) -> Optional[PdfObject]:
                 buf = bytes(self.stream.getbuffer())  # type: ignore
             else:
                 p = self.stream.tell()
+                self.stream.seek(0, 0)
                 buf = self.stream.read(-1)
                 self.stream.seek(p, 0)
             m = re.search(
@@ -1883,6 +1885,13 @@ def xfa(self) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
                         retval[tag] = es
         return retval
 
+    def _get_indirect_object(self, num: int, gen: int) -> Optional[PdfObject]:
+        """
+        used to ease development
+        equivalent to generic.IndirectObject(num,gen,self).get_object()
+        """
+        return IndirectObject(num, gen, self).get_object()
+
 
 class PdfFileReader(PdfReader):  # pragma: no cover
     def __init__(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:

@@ -175,6 +175,17 @@ def test_NameObject():
     with pytest.raises(PdfReadError) as exc:
         NameObject.read_from_stream(stream, None)
     assert exc.value.args[0] == "name read error"
+    assert (
+        NameObject.read_from_stream(
+            BytesIO(b"/A;Name_With-Various***Characters?"), None
+        )
+        == "/A;Name_With-Various***Characters?"
+    )
+    assert (
+        NameObject.read_from_stream(BytesIO(b"/paired#28#29parentheses"), None)
+        == "/paired()parentheses"
+    )
+    assert NameObject.read_from_stream(BytesIO(b"/A#42"), None) == "/AB"
 
 
 def test_destination_fit_r():