Medium severity · published Aug 4, 2025
CVE-2025-50420
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
6.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 28% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PO
Poppler · Freedesktop
before 25.07.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-50420
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-50420
Exploit
https://github.com/Landw-hub/CVE-2025-50420
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