Summary
It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain PDF files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash.
Fixed packages 4
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS | poppler | 22.02.0-2ubuntu0.12 |
| Ubuntu · 24.04 LTS 24.04:LTS | poppler | 24.02.0-1ubuntu9.8 |
| Ubuntu · 25.10 | poppler | 25.03.0-10ubuntu0.1 |
| Ubuntu · Pro 20.04 LTS Pro:20.04:LTS | poppler | 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.7+esm3 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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Medium 6.1
GHSL-2025-042: Poppler has Use-After-Free
Poppler ia a library for rendering PDF files, and examining or modifying their structure. A use-after-free (write) vulnerability has been detected in versions Poppler prior to 25.10.0 within the StructTreeRoot class. The issue arises from the use of raw point…
References
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-52885