USN-7708-1: poppler vulnerability

Publication date

20 August 2025

Overview

poppler could be made to denial of service if it received a specially crafted PDF file.


Packages

Details

It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain PDF files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain PDF files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause 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 –  25.03.0-3ubuntu1.2
poppler-utils –  25.03.0-3ubuntu1.2
24.04 noble libpoppler134 –  24.02.0-1ubuntu9.6
poppler-utils –  24.02.0-1ubuntu9.6
22.04 jammy libpoppler118 –  22.02.0-2ubuntu0.10
poppler-utils –  22.02.0-2ubuntu0.10
20.04 focal libpoppler97 –  0.86.1-0ubuntu1.7+esm2  
poppler-utils –  0.86.1-0ubuntu1.7+esm2  
18.04 bionic libpoppler73 –  0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm8  
poppler-utils –  0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm8  
16.04 xenial libpoppler58 –  0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16+esm8  
poppler-utils –  0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16+esm8  

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