diff --git a/PyPDF2/generic/_base.py b/PyPDF2/generic/_base.py
index 872c529ad..381bf7078 100644
--- a/PyPDF2/generic/_base.py
+++ b/PyPDF2/generic/_base.py
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ def writeToStream(
 
     @staticmethod
     def read_from_stream(stream: StreamType) -> Union["NumberObject", "FloatObject"]:
-        num = read_until_regex(stream, NumberObject.NumberPattern)
+        num = read_until_regex(stream, NumberObject.NumberPattern, ignore_eof=True)
         if num.find(b".") != -1:
             return FloatObject(num)
         return NumberObject(num)