CVE-2025-50420

6.5 MEDIUM

Published: August 04, 2025 Modified: October 09, 2025

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).

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://freedesktop.com

Source: cve@mitre.org

Not Applicable

http://poppler.com

Source: cve@mitre.org

Not Applicable

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Third Party Advisory

3 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

6.5 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.0%

13th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-674

Affected Vendors

freedesktop

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