#VU113638 Use-after-free in Poppler - CVE-2025-52886
Published: August 5, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU113638
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-52886
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Poppler
Poppler
Software vendor:
Freedesktop.org
Freedesktop.org
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when reading PDF files. A remote attacker can overflow the 32bit std::atomic_int counter, trigger memory corruption and potentially compromise the affected system.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/commit/04bd91684ed41d67ae0f10cde0660e4ed74ac203
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/commit/ac36affcc8486de38e8905a8d6547a3464ff46e5
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1581
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/merge_requests/1828
- https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2025-054_poppler/