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An issue was discovered in freedesktop poppler v25.04.0....

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Aug 4, 2025 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Aug 10, 2025

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

An issue was discovered in freedesktop poppler v25.04.0. The heap memory containing PDF stream objects is not cleared upon program exit, allowing attackers to obtain sensitive PDF content via a memory dump.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 4, 2025
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Aug 4, 2025
Last updated Aug 10, 2025

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(4th percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Clearing of Heap Memory Before Release ('Heap Inspection')

Using realloc() to resize buffers that store sensitive information can leave the sensitive information exposed to attack, because it is not removed from memory. Learn more on MITRE.

Reachable Assertion

The product contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2025-50422

GHSA ID

GHSA-6f98-2v97-grfv

Source code

No known source code

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