Packages
- poppler - PDF rendering library
Details
Kevin Backhouse discovered that poppler incorrectly handled documents with
a large number of annotations. If a user or automated system were tricked
into opening a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could use
this issue to cause poppler to consume resources, leading to a denial of
service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Kevin Backhouse discovered that poppler incorrectly handled documents with
a large number of annotations. If a user or automated system were tricked
into opening a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could use
this issue to cause poppler to consume resources, leading to a denial of
service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
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 – 25.03.0-3ubuntu1.1 | ||
| poppler-utils – 25.03.0-3ubuntu1.1 | |||
| 24.04 noble | libpoppler134 – 24.02.0-1ubuntu9.5 | ||
| poppler-utils – 24.02.0-1ubuntu9.5 | |||
| 22.04 jammy | libpoppler118 – 22.02.0-2ubuntu0.9 | ||
| poppler-utils – 22.02.0-2ubuntu0.9 | |||
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