CVE-2025-50420 (GCVE-0-2025-50420)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-04 00:00 – Updated: 2026-07-05 16:07
VLAI
Summary
An issue in the pdfseparate utility of freedesktop poppler v25.04.0 allows attackers to cause an infinite recursion via supplying a crafted PDF file. This can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS).
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-08-04 19:38 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-674 - Uncontrolled Recursion
Assigner
References
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