Critical DoS Vulnerability in poppler Affects Multiple Ubuntu Releases

Critical DoS Vulnerability in poppler Affects Multiple Ubuntu Releases

First seen 2 Dec 2025, 18:33 UTC UbuntuLinuxsecurity 37.0

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A critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-52885) in the poppler PDF rendering library has been identified, affecting several Ubuntu versions, including 25.10, 25.04, 24.04 LTS, 22.04 LTS, and 20.04 LTS. The flaw allows an attacker to crash the application by opening specially crafted PDF files. Users are advised to apply patches to mitigate the risk.