UBUNTU-CVE-2025-52885

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-52885
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-52885.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-52885
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Published
2025-10-10T23:15:00Z
Modified
2026-04-22T16:05:44Z
Severity
  • 6.1 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Poppler ia a library for rendering PDF files, and examining or modifying their structure. A use-after-free (write) vulnerability has been detected in versions Poppler prior to 25.10.0 within the StructTreeRoot class. The issue arises from the use of raw pointers to elements of a std::vector, which can lead to dangling pointers when the vector is resized. The vulnerability stems from the way that refToParentMap stores references to std::vector elements using raw pointers. These pointers may become invalid when the vector is resized. This vulnerability is a common security problem involving the use of raw pointers to std::vectors. Internally, std::vector stores its elements in a dynamically allocated array. When the array reaches its capacity and a new element is added, the vector reallocates a larger block of memory and moves all the existing elements to the new location. At this point if any pointers to elements are stored before a resize occurs, they become dangling pointers once the reallocation happens. Version 25.10.0 contains a patch for the issue.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / poppler

Package

Name
poppler
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/poppler@0.86.1-0ubuntu1.7+esm3?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.86.1-0ubuntu1.7+esm3

Affected versions

0.*
0.80.0-0ubuntu1
0.80.0-0ubuntu3
0.80.0-0ubuntu4
0.80.0-0ubuntu5
0.85.0-1ubuntu1
0.85.0-1ubuntu3
0.86.1-0ubuntu1
0.86.1-0ubuntu1.1
0.86.1-0ubuntu1.2
0.86.1-0ubuntu1.3
0.86.1-0ubuntu1.4
0.86.1-0ubuntu1.5
0.86.1-0ubuntu1.6
0.86.1-0ubuntu1.7
0.86.1-0ubuntu1.7+esm1
0.86.1-0ubuntu1.7+esm2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-poppler-0.18",
            "binary_version": "0.86.1-0ubuntu1.7+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-cpp0v5",
            "binary_version": "0.86.1-0ubuntu1.7+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-glib8",
            "binary_version": "0.86.1-0ubuntu1.7+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt5-1",
            "binary_version": "0.86.1-0ubuntu1.7+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler97",
            "binary_version": "0.86.1-0ubuntu1.7+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "poppler-utils",
            "binary_version": "0.86.1-0ubuntu1.7+esm3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-52885.json"

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / poppler

Package

Name
poppler
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/poppler@22.02.0-2ubuntu0.12?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
22.02.0-2ubuntu0.12

Affected versions

21.*
21.06.1-1
21.11.0-1~ubuntu2
22.*
22.02.0-2
22.02.0-2ubuntu0.1
22.02.0-2ubuntu0.2
22.02.0-2ubuntu0.3
22.02.0-2ubuntu0.4
22.02.0-2ubuntu0.5
22.02.0-2ubuntu0.6
22.02.0-2ubuntu0.7
22.02.0-2ubuntu0.8
22.02.0-2ubuntu0.9
22.02.0-2ubuntu0.10
22.02.0-2ubuntu0.11

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-poppler-0.18",
            "binary_version": "22.02.0-2ubuntu0.12"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-cpp0v5",
            "binary_version": "22.02.0-2ubuntu0.12"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-glib8",
            "binary_version": "22.02.0-2ubuntu0.12"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt5-1",
            "binary_version": "22.02.0-2ubuntu0.12"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler118",
            "binary_version": "22.02.0-2ubuntu0.12"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "poppler-utils",
            "binary_version": "22.02.0-2ubuntu0.12"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-52885.json"

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / poppler

Package

Name
poppler
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/poppler@24.02.0-1ubuntu9.8?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
24.02.0-1ubuntu9.8

Affected versions

23.*
23.08.0-2ubuntu1
23.12.0-1ubuntu2
24.*
24.02.0-1ubuntu2
24.02.0-1ubuntu8
24.02.0-1ubuntu9
24.02.0-1ubuntu9.1
24.02.0-1ubuntu9.2
24.02.0-1ubuntu9.3
24.02.0-1ubuntu9.4
24.02.0-1ubuntu9.5
24.02.0-1ubuntu9.6
24.02.0-1ubuntu9.7

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-poppler-0.18",
            "binary_version": "24.02.0-1ubuntu9.8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-cpp0t64",
            "binary_version": "24.02.0-1ubuntu9.8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-glib8t64",
            "binary_version": "24.02.0-1ubuntu9.8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt5-1t64",
            "binary_version": "24.02.0-1ubuntu9.8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt6-3t64",
            "binary_version": "24.02.0-1ubuntu9.8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler134",
            "binary_version": "24.02.0-1ubuntu9.8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "poppler-utils",
            "binary_version": "24.02.0-1ubuntu9.8"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-52885.json"

Ubuntu:25.10 / poppler

Package

Name
poppler
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/poppler@25.03.0-10ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
25.03.0-10ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

25.*
25.03.0-3
25.03.0-4
25.03.0-4build1
25.03.0-4ubuntu1
25.03.0-5
25.03.0-6
25.03.0-7
25.03.0-10

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-poppler-0.18",
            "binary_version": "25.03.0-10ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-cpp2",
            "binary_version": "25.03.0-10ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-glib8t64",
            "binary_version": "25.03.0-10ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt5-1t64",
            "binary_version": "25.03.0-10ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt6-3t64",
            "binary_version": "25.03.0-10ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler147",
            "binary_version": "25.03.0-10ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "poppler-utils",
            "binary_version": "25.03.0-10ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-52885.json"