CVE-2025-52886 — Use After Free in Poppler

CWE-416 — Use After Free8 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 74.42%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
PopplerFreedesktop Poppler
Timeline
PublishedJul 2
Latest updateAug 6

Description

Poppler is a PDF rendering library. Versions prior to 25.06.0 use `std::atomic_int` for reference counting. Because `std::atomic_int` is only 32 bits, it is possible to overflow the reference count and trigger a use-after-free. Version 25.06.0 patches the issue.

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDfreedesktop/poppler< 25.06.0
▶Debianfreedesktop/poppler< 25.03.0-5+1
▶CVEListV5poppler/poppler< 25.06.0

Patches

Patch: gitlab.freedesktop.org ↗Patch: gitlab.freedesktop.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
poppler vulnerabilities↗2025-08-06
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CVEList
Poppler Use After Free Vulnerability↗2025-07-02
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OSV
CVE-2025-52886: Poppler is a PDF rendering library↗2025-07-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
poppler vulnerabilities↗2025-08-06
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Ubuntu
poppler vulnerability↗2025-07-28
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Red Hat
poppler: Poppler Use After Free Vulnerability↗2025-07-02
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Debian
CVE-2025-52886: poppler - Poppler is a PDF rendering library. Versions prior to 25.06.0 use `std::atomic_i...↗2025
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