CVE-2025-50422
Poppler PDF Memory Leak Information Disclosure
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.
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Published Date :
Aug. 4, 2025, 5:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Aug. 10, 2025, 2:15 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2025-50422 has a 3 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 10, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed 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. Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Added CWE CWE-617 Added Reference https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/cairo/cairo/-/merge_requests/621 Added Reference https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1591 Added Reference https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1591#note_3045081 Removed Reference http://freedesktop.com Removed Reference http://poppler.com -
CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Aug. 05, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Removed CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L -
CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Aug. 04, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L Added CWE CWE-244 -
New CVE Received by [email protected]
Aug. 04, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value 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. Added Reference http://freedesktop.com Added Reference http://poppler.com Added Reference https://github.com/Landw-hub/CVE-2025-50422
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