Use-after-free in Poppler - CVE-2025-52885

Vulnerability identifier: #VU117378

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 8.4 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-52885

CWE-ID: CWE-416

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the StructTreeRoot class. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted PDF file to the application, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

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

Install updates from vendor's website.

Poppler - update to 25.10.0
poppler-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 0.79.0-150200.3.46.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
poppler-debugsource - addressed in versions 0.79.0-150200.3.46.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler89-debuginfo - update to 0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
libpoppler89 - update to 0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18 - addressed in versions 0.79.0-150200.3.46.1, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler-glib8-debuginfo - addressed in versions 0.79.0-150200.3.46.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
poppler-help - addressed in versions 0.90.0-15, 23.12.0-13
poppler - 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-cpp-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-debugsource - 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-glib - 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-qt5 - addressed in versions 0.90.0-15, 23.12.0-13
poppler-qt5-devel - 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-glib-doc - addressed in versions 0.90.0-15, 23.12.0-13
libpoppler-qt6-devel - addressed in versions 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler126-32bit - update to 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
libpoppler-qt5-1 - addressed in versions 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler-qt6-3 - addressed in versions 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
poppler-qt6-debugsource - addressed in versions 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
poppler-qt5-debugsource - addressed in versions 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler126 - update to 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
libpoppler-glib8-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler-glib8-64bit - addressed in versions 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler-glib8-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler-cpp0-64bit - addressed in versions 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler-qt5-1-64bit - addressed in versions 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler126-64bit - update to 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
libpoppler-qt5-1-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler126-64bit-debuginfo - update to 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
libpoppler-cpp0-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler-qt5-1-32bit - addressed in versions 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler-qt5-1-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler-cpp0-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler126-32bit-debuginfo - update to 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
libpoppler-glib8-32bit - addressed in versions 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler-cpp0-32bit - addressed in versions 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler-qt6-3-debuginfo - addressed in versions 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler126-debuginfo - update to 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
libpoppler-qt5-1-debuginfo - addressed in versions 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
libpoppler-qt5-devel - addressed in versions 23.01.0-150500.3.26.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.24.1
poppler-qt6-devel - update to 23.12.0-13
poppler-qt6 - update to 23.12.0-13
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
mingw-poppler - addressed in versions 24.08.0-7.fc42, 25.07.0-2.fc43
poppler - addressed in versions 25.02.0-6.fc42, 25.07.0-5.fc43
poppler-glib-doc - update to 25.06.0-3
poppler-doc - update to 25.06.0-3
poppler - update to 25.06.0-3
poppler-cpp - update to 25.06.0-3
poppler-cpp-devel - update to 25.06.0-3
poppler-devel - update to 25.06.0-3
poppler-glib - update to 25.06.0-3
poppler-glib-devel - update to 25.06.0-3
poppler-qt5 - update to 25.06.0-3
poppler-qt5-devel - update to 25.06.0-3
poppler-utils - update to 25.06.0-3
poppler (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.7+esm3, 22.02.0-2ubuntu0.12, 24.02.0-1ubuntu9.8, 25.03.0-3ubuntu1.4, 25.03.0-10ubuntu0.1

• https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/merge_requests/1884
• https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/merge_requests/1884#note_3114334
• https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2025-042_poppler/

• Remote code execution in 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
• Anolis OS update for poppler
• SUSE update for poppler
• Fedora 43 update for mingw-poppler
• Fedora 42 update for mingw-poppler
• SUSE update for poppler
• SUSE update for poppler
• Ubuntu update for poppler
• Fedora 42 update for poppler
• Fedora 43 update for poppler