CVE-2025-50420

MEDIUM

freedesktop poppler <v25.04.0 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2025-50420. PoCs published by Landw-hub.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository provides a detailed technical analysis of CVE-2025-50420, a denial-of-service vulnerability in Poppler's pdfseparate utility due to infinite recursion in annotation processing. It includes a stack trace and reproduction steps but lacks functional exploit code.

Description

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).

Exploits (1)

nomisec WRITEUP 1 stars
by Landw-hub · poc
https://github.com/Landw-hub/CVE-2025-50420

This repository provides a detailed technical analysis of CVE-2025-50420, a denial-of-service vulnerability in Poppler's pdfseparate utility due to infinite recursion in annotation processing. It includes a stack trace and reproduction steps but lacks functional exploit code.

Classification
Writeup 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Poppler before version 25.07.0
No auth needed
Prerequisites: A crafted PDF file with self-referencing or mutually referencing '/Annots' dictionaries
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Not Applicable
http://freedesktop.com
Not Applicable
http://poppler.com
Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Landw-hub/CVE-2025-50420

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0035
EPSS Percentile 26.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-674
Status published
Products (1)
freedesktop/poppler < 25.07.0
Published Aug 04, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026