Uncontrolled recursion in xpdf - CVE-2025-11896

Vulnerability identifier: #VU120190

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-11896

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 in CMap when processing UseCMap entries. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted PDF file and crash the application. 

xpdf
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
Basesystem Module
SUSE Package Hub 15
openSUSE Leap
libpoppler-qt4-devel
libpoppler-qt4-4
libpoppler-devel
libpoppler-glib8
libpoppler-qt4-4-debuginfo
libpoppler-glib-devel
poppler-tools-debuginfo
poppler-tools
poppler-debugsource
libpoppler60-debuginfo
libpoppler60
libpoppler-glib8-debuginfo
libpoppler89
libpoppler89-debuginfo
poppler-qt5-debugsource
libpoppler-cpp0
libpoppler117-debuginfo
libpoppler-qt5-devel
libpoppler-qt6-3
libpoppler-qt6-3-debuginfo
libpoppler-qt5-1
libpoppler-qt6-devel
libpoppler-qt5-1-debuginfo
libpoppler-qt5-1-32bit
libpoppler117-64bit-debuginfo
libpoppler117-64bit
libpoppler-cpp0-64bit
libpoppler-qt5-1-64bit-debuginfo
libpoppler-qt5-1-64bit
libpoppler-glib8-64bit
libpoppler-glib8-64bit-debuginfo
libpoppler-cpp0-64bit-debuginfo
libpoppler-cpp0-32bit-debuginfo
libpoppler-glib8-32bit-debuginfo
libpoppler117-32bit
libpoppler117-32bit-debuginfo
libpoppler-cpp0-32bit
libpoppler-qt5-1-32bit-debuginfo
libpoppler-glib8-32bit
libpoppler117
libpoppler-cpp0-debuginfo
poppler-qt6-debugsource
typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18
libpoppler126
libpoppler126-32bit-debuginfo
libpoppler126-32bit
libpoppler126-64bit-debuginfo
libpoppler126-64bit
libpoppler126-debuginfo
libpoppler135-64bit
libpoppler135-64bit-debuginfo
libpoppler135-debuginfo
libpoppler135
libpoppler135-32bit
libpoppler135-32bit-debuginfo

Install updates from vendor's website.

xpdf - update to 4.06
libpoppler-qt4-devel - update to 0.43.0-16.70.1
libpoppler-qt4-4 - update to 0.43.0-16.70.1
libpoppler-devel - addressed in versions 0.43.0-16.70.1, 22.01.0-150400.3.44.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.29.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.27.1
libpoppler-glib8 - addressed in versions 0.43.0-16.70.1, 22.01.0-150400.3.44.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.29.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.27.1
libpoppler-qt4-4-debuginfo - update to 0.43.0-16.70.1
libpoppler-glib-devel - addressed in versions 0.43.0-16.70.1, 22.01.0-150400.3.44.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.29.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.27.1
poppler-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 0.43.0-16.70.1, 22.01.0-150400.3.44.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.29.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.27.1
poppler-tools - addressed in versions 0.43.0-16.70.1, 22.01.0-150400.3.44.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.29.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.27.1
poppler-debugsource - addressed in versions 0.43.0-16.70.1, 0.79.0-150200.3.49.1, 22.01.0-150400.3.44.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.29.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.27.1
libpoppler60-debuginfo - update to 0.43.0-16.70.1
libpoppler60 - update to 0.43.0-16.70.1
libpoppler-glib8-debuginfo - addressed in versions 0.43.0-16.70.1, 22.01.0-150400.3.44.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.29.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.27.1
libpoppler89 - update to 0.79.0-150200.3.49.1
libpoppler89-debuginfo - update to 0.79.0-150200.3.49.1
poppler-qt5-debugsource - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.44.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.29.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.27.1
libpoppler-cpp0 - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.44.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.29.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.27.1
libpoppler117-debuginfo - update to 22.01.0-150400.3.44.1
libpoppler-qt5-devel - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.44.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.29.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.27.1
libpoppler-qt6-3 - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.44.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.29.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.27.1
libpoppler-qt6-3-debuginfo - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.44.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.29.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.27.1
libpoppler-qt5-1 - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.44.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.29.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.27.1
libpoppler-qt6-devel - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.44.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.29.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.27.1
libpoppler-qt5-1-debuginfo - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.44.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.29.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.27.1
libpoppler-qt5-1-32bit - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.44.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.29.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.27.1
libpoppler117-64bit-debuginfo - update to 22.01.0-150400.3.44.1
libpoppler117-64bit - update to 22.01.0-150400.3.44.1
libpoppler-cpp0-64bit - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.44.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.29.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.27.1
libpoppler-qt5-1-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.44.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.29.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.27.1
libpoppler-qt5-1-64bit - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.44.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.29.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.27.1
libpoppler-glib8-64bit - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.44.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.29.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.27.1
libpoppler-glib8-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.44.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.29.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.27.1
libpoppler-cpp0-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.44.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.29.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.27.1
libpoppler-cpp0-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.44.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.29.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.27.1
libpoppler-glib8-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.44.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.29.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.27.1
libpoppler117-32bit - update to 22.01.0-150400.3.44.1
libpoppler117-32bit-debuginfo - update to 22.01.0-150400.3.44.1
libpoppler-cpp0-32bit - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.44.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.29.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.27.1
libpoppler-qt5-1-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.44.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.29.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.27.1
libpoppler-glib8-32bit - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.44.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.29.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.27.1
libpoppler117 - update to 22.01.0-150400.3.44.1
libpoppler-cpp0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.44.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.29.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.27.1
poppler-qt6-debugsource - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.44.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.29.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.27.1
typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18 - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.44.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.29.1, 24.03.0-150600.3.27.1
libpoppler126 - update to 23.01.0-150500.3.29.1
libpoppler126-32bit-debuginfo - update to 23.01.0-150500.3.29.1
libpoppler126-32bit - update to 23.01.0-150500.3.29.1
libpoppler126-64bit-debuginfo - update to 23.01.0-150500.3.29.1
libpoppler126-64bit - update to 23.01.0-150500.3.29.1
libpoppler126-debuginfo - update to 23.01.0-150500.3.29.1
libpoppler135-64bit - update to 24.03.0-150600.3.27.1
libpoppler135-64bit-debuginfo - update to 24.03.0-150600.3.27.1
libpoppler135-debuginfo - update to 24.03.0-150600.3.27.1
libpoppler135 - update to 24.03.0-150600.3.27.1
libpoppler135-32bit - update to 24.03.0-150600.3.27.1
libpoppler135-32bit-debuginfo - update to 24.03.0-150600.3.27.1

• https://www.xpdfreader.com/security-bug/object-loops.html

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Xpdf
• SUSE update for poppler
• SUSE update for poppler
• SUSE update for poppler
• SUSE update for poppler
• SUSE update for poppler