Vulnerability · Published Aug 4, 2025 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2025-50420
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the poppler package (Debian). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 32% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 68.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack tooling1Public PoC
Official description
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).
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | poppler | 22.12.0-2+deb12u3 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-50420 |
| Debian:13 | poppler | 25.03.0-5+deb13u2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-50420 |
| Debian:14 | poppler | 25.03.0-6 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-50420 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | poppler | 22.02.0-2ubuntu0.10 | USN-7708-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | poppler | 22.02.0-2ubuntu0.10 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-50420 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | poppler | 24.02.0-1ubuntu9.6 | USN-7708-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | poppler | 24.02.0-1ubuntu9.6 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-50420 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-674 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H