An issue in the pdfseparate utility of freedesktop poppler v25.04.0 allows attackers to…
Priority MEDIUM 62CWE-674Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-674.
Summary
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).
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00374 31st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 25.07.0 | Vulnerable | Freedesktop |
- cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 25.07.0 Vulnerable ·Freedesktop
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-50420
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-ppc9-vw33-pg6g
References
More Freedesktop Poppler vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-11232 Integer overflow in Apple macOS KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2022-17985 An issue was discovered in Poppler 22.08.0. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2022-17247 A reachable Object::getString assertion in Poppler 22.07.0 allows attackers to cause a… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2022-17245 In Poppler 22.07.0, PDFDoc::savePageAs in PDFDoc.c callows attackers to cause a… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2020-18422 An issue was discovered in freedesktop poppler version 20.12.1, allows remote attackers… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2020-13479 Buffer Overflow vulnerability in HtmlOutputDev::page in poppler 0.75.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2025-50420 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-50420 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-ppc9-vw33-pg6g · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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