CVE-2025-52886
mediumpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.004 · 39 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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 issue.
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affected products (14)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2025-1450poppler: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of ServiceDeutsch2025-07-02csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in poppler ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
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references (20)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-52886cnnvd
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/commit/04bd91684ed41d67ae0f10cde0660e4ed74ac203cnnvd
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/commit/ac36affcc8486de38e8905a8d6547a3464ff46e5cnnvd
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1581cnnvd
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/merge_requests/1828cnnvd
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/tagsPatchcnnvd
- https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2025-054_poppler/cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/poppler-use-after-free-dated-16-07-2025-47717cnnvd
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