SB20251031151 - SUSE update for poppler
Published: October 31, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB20251031151
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Partial DoS
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Uncontrolled Recursion (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-43718)
CWE-ID: CWE-674 - Uncontrolled Recursion
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled recursion when handling deeply nested structures within the metadata (such as GTS_PDFEVersion) of a PDF document. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted PDF document to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.