Freedesktop Poppler 25.04.0 PDF File recursion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Freedesktop Poppler 25.04.0 and classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component PDF File Handler. Performing a manipulation results in recursion. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2025-50420. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Freedesktop Poppler 25.04.0. This affects an unknown part of the component PDF File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a recursion vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-674. The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue in the pdfseparate utility of freedesktop poppler v25.04.0 allows attackers to cause an infinite recursion via supplying a crafted PDF file. This can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS).

This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-50420 since 06/16/2025. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 253465 (TencentOS Server 4: poppler (TSSA-2025:0661)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (253465) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-1706). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Amazon Linux 2
  • Ubuntu Linux
  • SUSE Linux
  • SUSE openSUSE
  • Open Source poppler

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.5

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Recursion
CWE: CWE-674 / CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Nessus ID: 253465
Nessus Name: TencentOS Server 4: poppler (TSSA-2025:0661)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

06/16/2025 🔍
08/04/2025 +49 days 🔍
08/04/2025 +0 days 🔍
09/07/2025 +34 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-50420 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-50420
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-318699
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-1706 - poppler: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 08/04/2025 19:45
Updated: 09/07/2025 23:45
Changes: 08/04/2025 19:45 (52), 08/06/2025 05:01 (1), 08/09/2025 06:12 (7), 08/21/2025 21:40 (2), 09/07/2025 23:45 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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