CVE-2022-24859: Manipulated inline images can cause Infinite Loop in PyPDF2

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An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to an infinite loop if the PyPDF2 user wrote the following code:

from PyPDF2 import PdfFileReader, PdfFileWriter
from PyPDF2.pdf import ContentStream

reader = PdfFileReader("malicious.pdf", strict=False)
for page in reader.pages:
ContentStream(page.getContents(), reader)

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