CVE-2025-50420

NameCVE-2025-50420
DescriptionAn 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).
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs1110463

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
poppler (PTS)bullseye20.09.0-3.1+deb11u1vulnerable
bullseye (security)20.09.0-3.1+deb11u2vulnerable
bookworm22.12.0-2+deb12u1vulnerable
trixie25.03.0-5vulnerable
forky, sid25.03.0-9fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
popplersource(unstable)25.03.0-61110463

Notes

[trixie] - poppler <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bookworm] - poppler <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - poppler <postponed> (minor issue; Local DoS)
https://github.com/Landw-hub/CVE-2025-50420
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1613
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/merge_requests/1849
Fixed by: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/commit/08d7894e4dd0e313c179e30f06ad8f546619b1b3

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