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DEBIAN-CVE-2025-52885

DEBIAN-CVE-2025-52885 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.099999904632568 MEDIUM

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 pointers to elements of a `std::vector`, which can lead to dangling pointers when the vector is resized. The vulnerability stems from the way that refToParentMap stores references to `std::vector` elements using raw pointers. These pointers may become invalid when the vector is resized. This vulnerability is a common security problem involving the use of raw pointers to `std::vectors`. Internally, `std::vector `stores its elements in a dynamically allocated array. When the array reaches its capacity and a new element is added, the vector reallocates a larger block of memory and moves all the existing elements to the new location. At this point if any pointers to elements are stored before a resize occurs, they become dangling pointers once the reallocation happens. Version 25.10.0 contains a patch for the issue.

Risk Scores

CVSS 4.0
6.099999904632568
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:13poppler26.01.0-2, 26.01.0-2, 26.01.0-1
Debian:12poppler25.01.0-4, 23.12.0-1, 24.06.0-2
Debian:11poppler25.03.0-11, 25.03.0-2, 25.03.0-3
Debian:14poppler25.03.0-9, 25.03.0-7, 25.03.0-6

Timeline

  • Oct 10, 2025 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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