openEuler 24.03 LTS update for poppler



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2025-50420
CWE-ID CWE-835
Exploitation vector Local
Public exploit Public exploit code for vulnerability #1 is available.
Vulnerable software
openEuler
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

poppler-help
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

poppler-glib-doc
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

poppler-utils
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

poppler-qt6-devel
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

poppler-qt6
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

poppler-qt5-devel
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

poppler-qt5
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

poppler-glib-devel
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

poppler-glib
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

poppler-devel
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

poppler-debugsource
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

poppler-debuginfo
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

poppler-cpp-devel
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

poppler-cpp
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

poppler
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor openEuler

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Infinite loop

EUVDB-ID: #VU114081

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-50420

CWE-ID: CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop in the pdfseparate utility when handling PDF files. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted PDF file to the application, consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

openEuler: 24.03 LTS

poppler-help: before 23.12.0-10

poppler-glib-doc: before 23.12.0-10

poppler-utils: before 23.12.0-10

poppler-qt6-devel: before 23.12.0-10

poppler-qt6: before 23.12.0-10

poppler-qt5-devel: before 23.12.0-10

poppler-qt5: before 23.12.0-10

poppler-glib-devel: before 23.12.0-10

poppler-glib: before 23.12.0-10

poppler-devel: before 23.12.0-10

poppler-debugsource: before 23.12.0-10

poppler-debuginfo: before 23.12.0-10

poppler-cpp-devel: before 23.12.0-10

poppler-cpp: before 23.12.0-10

poppler: before 23.12.0-10

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2025-2034


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.



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