DoS Vulnerability in Poppler's pdfseparate Utility by Freedesktop
CVE-2025-50420

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Freedesktop

Status
Poppler
Vendor
CVE Published:
4 August 2025

What is CVE-2025-50420?

A vulnerability in the pdfseparate utility of Poppler version 25.04.0 can be exploited by attackers through specially crafted PDF files, leading to infinite recursion. This behavior may result in a Denial of Service (DoS), impacting system availability and functionality.

References

http://freedesktop.com
http://poppler.com
https://github.com/Landw-hub/CVE-2025-50420

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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