What is CVE-2025-50420?

CVE-2025-50420 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-08-04.

How severe is CVE-2025-50420?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-50420 known to be exploited?

5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler

CVE-2025-50420

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).

EPSS: 0.003 (22.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Freedesktop Poppler
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-674 — Uncontrolled Recursion

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Not Applicable)
cve@mitre.org (Not Applicable)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-50420?: CVE-2025-50420 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-08-04.
How severe is CVE-2025-50420?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-50420 known to be exploited?: 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.