[UPDATE] [medium] poppler: Multiple vulnerabilities

mediumCVE-2025-50422 CVE-2025-50420

A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in poppler to conduct a denial of service attack and disclose sensitive information.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: poppler product: poppler Denial of service Information disclosure

What: Multiple vulnerabilities in poppler allow remote attackers to conduct denial-of-service attacks and disclose sensitive information.
Who is affected: Remote users accessing poppler-based services are affected.
Urgency: Medium urgency; remote DoS and information disclosure require timely patching.
Action: Apply poppler security updates to address remote attack vectors.

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Details

Source: CERT-Bund (BSI) Security Advisories (DE · national-cert · site)
Severity: medium
Published: 2026-08-03
Exploitation: Not in CISA KEV at last sync
Language: Machine-translated to English — verify against the original

Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2025-1706

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Low exploitation riskCVE-2025-504220.21% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 12% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Low exploitation riskCVE-2025-504200.30% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 23% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Referenced CVEs

CVE	CSIRTS overview	External
CVE-2025-50422	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org
CVE-2025-50420	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org

Recent advisories for poppler

A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.

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