Summary
Jieyong Ma discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain malformed
PDF files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause poppler
to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu
16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-27337)
Kevin Backhouse discovered that poppler incorrectly handled documents with
a large number of annotations. If a user or automated system were tricked
into opening a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could use
this issue to cause poppler to consume resources, leading to a denial of
service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-52886)
Fixed packages 3
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS | poppler | 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16+esm7 |
| Ubuntu · Pro 18.04 LTS Pro:18.04:LTS | poppler | 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm7 |
| Ubuntu · Pro 20.04 LTS Pro:20.04:LTS | poppler | 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.7+esm1 |
Vulnerabilities 2
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Medium 5.5
Poppler Use After Free Vulnerability
Poppler is a PDF rendering library. Versions prior to 25.06.0 use `std::atomic_int` for reference counting. Because `std::atomic_int` is only 32 bits, it is possible to overflow the reference count and trigger a use-after-free. Version 25.06.0 patches the iss…
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Unscored —
A logic error in the Hints::Hints function of Poppler v22.03.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via …