USN-7803-1: poppler vulnerability

Publication date

6 October 2025

Overview

poppler could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.


Packages

Details

It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain PDF files. If a
user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
document, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause poppler to crash,
leading to a denial of service.

It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain PDF files. If a
user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
document, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause poppler to crash,
leading to a denial of service.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
25.04 plucky libpoppler147 –  25.03.0-3ubuntu1.3
poppler-utils –  25.03.0-3ubuntu1.3
24.04 LTS noble libpoppler134 –  24.02.0-1ubuntu9.7
poppler-utils –  24.02.0-1ubuntu9.7
22.04 LTS jammy libpoppler118 –  22.02.0-2ubuntu0.11
poppler-utils –  22.02.0-2ubuntu0.11

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