CVE-2025-50422

poppler: Poppler crash on malformed input

Published Aug 4, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 2.9 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Cairo through 1.18.4, as used in Poppler through 25.08.0, has an "unscaled->face == NULL" assertion failure for _cairo_ft_unscaled_font_fini in cairo-ft-font.c.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-23528 Cairo through 1.18.4, as used in Poppler through 25.08.0, has an "unscaled->face == NULL" assertion failure for _cairo_ft_unscaled_font_fini in cairo-ft-font.c.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-244
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description An issue was discovered in freedesktop poppler v25.04.0. The heap memory containing PDF stream objects is not cleared upon program exit, allowing attackers to obtain sensitive PDF content via a memory dump. Cairo through 1.18.4, as used in Poppler through 25.08.0, has an "unscaled->face == NULL" assertion failure for _cairo_ft_unscaled_font_fini in cairo-ft-font.c.
Weaknesses CWE-617
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 2.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Freedesktop
Freedesktop poppler
Vendors & Products Freedesktop
Freedesktop poppler
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-244
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description An issue was discovered in freedesktop poppler v25.04.0. The heap memory containing PDF stream objects is not cleared upon program exit, allowing attackers to obtain sensitive PDF content via a memory dump.
References
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 26, 2025, 6:48 PM
Reserved
Jun 16, 2025, 12:00 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
Aug 4, 2025, 5:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 9:35 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Aug 4, 2025, 12:00 AM