Uncontrolled Recursion in Poppler - CVE-2025-43718

Vulnerability identifier: #VU116637

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 4.6 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-43718

CWE-ID: CWE-674

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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.

Poppler
SUSE Manager Server 4.3
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Basesystem Module
SUSE Package Hub 15
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Ubuntu
Fedora
libpoppler89-debuginfo
libpoppler-glib8-debuginfo
libpoppler-cpp0-debuginfo
poppler-tools
libpoppler-glib-devel
libpoppler-cpp0
libpoppler-devel
libpoppler-glib8
typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18
poppler-tools-debuginfo
libpoppler89
poppler-debugsource
poppler-qt5-devel
poppler-debuginfo
poppler-cpp-devel
poppler-cpp
poppler
poppler-help
poppler-glib-doc
poppler-utils
poppler-devel
poppler-qt5
poppler-glib-devel
poppler-glib
libpoppler117-debuginfo
poppler-qt5-debugsource
libpoppler-qt5-1
libpoppler117
libpoppler-qt5-1-debuginfo
libpoppler-qt5-1-32bit-debuginfo
libpoppler-qt6-devel
libpoppler-glib8-64bit
libpoppler-qt5-1-64bit
libpoppler117-64bit
libpoppler-cpp0-64bit-debuginfo
libpoppler-cpp0-64bit
libpoppler-qt5-1-64bit-debuginfo
libpoppler117-64bit-debuginfo
libpoppler-glib8-64bit-debuginfo
libpoppler117-32bit-debuginfo
libpoppler-qt5-1-32bit
libpoppler-cpp0-32bit
libpoppler-cpp0-32bit-debuginfo
libpoppler-glib8-32bit-debuginfo
libpoppler117-32bit
libpoppler-glib8-32bit
libpoppler-qt5-devel
poppler-qt6-debugsource
libpoppler-qt6-3
libpoppler-qt6-3-debuginfo
poppler (Ubuntu package)
libpoppler126-32bit-debuginfo
libpoppler126-debuginfo
libpoppler126
libpoppler126-32bit
libpoppler126-64bit-debuginfo
libpoppler126-64bit
poppler-qt6-devel
poppler-qt6
mingw-poppler
libpoppler135-debuginfo
libpoppler135
libpoppler135-64bit
libpoppler135-64bit-debuginfo
libpoppler135-32bit-debuginfo
libpoppler135-32bit

Install updates from vendor's website.

Poppler - update to 25.03.0
libpoppler89-debuginfo - update to 0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
libpoppler-glib8-debuginfo - addressed in versions 0.79.0-150200.3.46.1, 22.01.0-150400.3.41.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler-cpp0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 0.79.0-150200.3.46.1, 22.01.0-150400.3.41.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
poppler-tools - addressed in versions 0.79.0-150200.3.46.1, 22.01.0-150400.3.41.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler-glib-devel - addressed in versions 0.79.0-150200.3.46.1, 22.01.0-150400.3.41.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler-cpp0 - addressed in versions 0.79.0-150200.3.46.1, 22.01.0-150400.3.41.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler-devel - addressed in versions 0.79.0-150200.3.46.1, 22.01.0-150400.3.41.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler-glib8 - addressed in versions 0.79.0-150200.3.46.1, 22.01.0-150400.3.41.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18 - addressed in versions 0.79.0-150200.3.46.1, 22.01.0-150400.3.41.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
poppler-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 0.79.0-150200.3.46.1, 22.01.0-150400.3.41.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler89 - update to 0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
poppler-debugsource - addressed in versions 0.79.0-150200.3.46.1, 22.01.0-150400.3.41.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
poppler-qt5-devel - addressed in versions 0.90.0-15, 23.12.0-13
poppler-debuginfo - addressed in versions 0.90.0-15, 23.12.0-13
poppler-cpp-devel - addressed in versions 0.90.0-15, 23.12.0-13
poppler-cpp - addressed in versions 0.90.0-15, 23.12.0-13
poppler - addressed in versions 0.90.0-15, 23.12.0-13
poppler-help - addressed in versions 0.90.0-15, 23.12.0-13
poppler-glib-doc - addressed in versions 0.90.0-15, 23.12.0-13
poppler-utils - addressed in versions 0.90.0-15, 23.12.0-13
poppler-devel - addressed in versions 0.90.0-15, 23.12.0-13
poppler-qt5 - addressed in versions 0.90.0-15, 23.12.0-13
poppler-glib-devel - addressed in versions 0.90.0-15, 23.12.0-13
poppler-glib - addressed in versions 0.90.0-15, 23.12.0-13
poppler-debugsource - addressed in versions 0.90.0-15, 23.12.0-13
libpoppler117-debuginfo - update to 22.01.0-150400.3.41.1
poppler-qt5-debugsource - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.41.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler-qt5-1 - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.41.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler117 - update to 22.01.0-150400.3.41.1
libpoppler-qt5-1-debuginfo - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.41.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler-qt5-1-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.41.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler-qt6-devel - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.41.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler-glib8-64bit - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.41.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler-qt5-1-64bit - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.41.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler117-64bit - update to 22.01.0-150400.3.41.1
libpoppler-cpp0-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.41.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler-cpp0-64bit - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.41.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler-qt5-1-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.41.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler117-64bit-debuginfo - update to 22.01.0-150400.3.41.1
libpoppler-glib8-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.41.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler117-32bit-debuginfo - update to 22.01.0-150400.3.41.1
libpoppler-qt5-1-32bit - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.41.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler-cpp0-32bit - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.41.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler-cpp0-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.41.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler-glib8-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.41.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler117-32bit - update to 22.01.0-150400.3.41.1
libpoppler-glib8-32bit - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.41.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler-qt5-devel - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.41.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
poppler-qt6-debugsource - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.41.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler-qt6-3 - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.41.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler-qt6-3-debuginfo - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.41.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
poppler (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 22.02.0-2ubuntu0.11, 24.02.0-1ubuntu9.7, 25.03.0-3ubuntu1.3
libpoppler126-32bit-debuginfo - update to 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
libpoppler126-debuginfo - update to 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
libpoppler126 - update to 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
libpoppler126-32bit - update to 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
libpoppler126-64bit-debuginfo - update to 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
libpoppler126-64bit - update to 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
poppler-qt6-devel - update to 23.12.0-13
poppler-qt6 - update to 23.12.0-13
mingw-poppler - addressed in versions 24.02.0-6.fc41, 24.08.0-6.fc42
libpoppler135-debuginfo - update to 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler135 - update to 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler135-64bit - update to 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler135-64bit-debuginfo - update to 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler135-32bit-debuginfo - update to 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler135-32bit - update to 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
poppler - update to 25.02.0-6.fc42

• https://github.com/ShadowByte1/CVE-Reports/blob/main/CVE-2025-43718.md
• https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/commit/f54b815672117c250420787c8c006de98e8c7408

• Denial of service in Poppler
• Ubuntu update for poppler
• Fedora 41 update for mingw-poppler
• Fedora 42 update for mingw-poppler
• openEuler 22.03 LTS SP3 update for poppler
• openEuler 20.03 LTS SP4 update for poppler
• openEuler 24.03 LTS SP2 update for poppler
• openEuler 24.03 LTS SP1 update for poppler
• openEuler 24.03 LTS update for poppler
• openEuler 22.03 LTS SP4 update for poppler
• SUSE update for poppler
• SUSE update for poppler
• SUSE update for poppler
• SUSE update for poppler
• Fedora 42 update for poppler