GHSL-2025-042: Poppler has Use-After-Free_CVE-2025-52885

{
    "lastseen": "",
    "description": "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.",
    "published": "2025-10-10T22:11:20.494Z",
    "modified": "2025-10-10T22:11:20.494Z",
    "type": "cve",
    "title": "GHSL-2025-042: Poppler has Use-After-Free",
    "source": "GitHub_M",
    "references": "https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2025-042_poppler/\nhttps://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/merge_requests/1884\nhttps://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/merge_requests/1884#note_3114334",
    "id": "CVE-2025-52885",
    "bulletinFamily": "",
    "cwe": [
        "CWE-416"
    ],
    "cvelist": null,
    "sourceData": "poppler poppler < 25.10.0",
    "sourceHref": "",
    "cvss": {
        "score": 6.1,
        "severity": "MEDIUM",
        "vector": "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",
        "version": "4.0"
    },
    "cvss2": [],
    "cvss3": {
        "version": "",
        "vectorString": "",
        "baseScore": 0,
        "baseSeverity": "",
        "attackVector": "",
        "attackComplexity": "",
        "privilegesRequired": "",
        "userInteraction": "",
        "scope": "",
        "confidentialityImpact": "",
        "integrityImpact": "",
        "availabilityImpact": "",
        "cvssV3": {
            "version": "",
            "vectorString": "",
            "baseScore": 0,
            "baseSeverity": "",
            "attackVector": "",
            "attackComplexity": "",
            "privilegesRequired": "",
            "userInteraction": "",
            "scope": "",
            "confidentialityImpact": "",
            "integrityImpact": "",
            "availabilityImpact": ""
        }
    },
    "href": "",
    "category_name": "CVE",
    "post_link": "",
    "product": "poppler",
    "version": "< 25.10.0",
    "vendor": "poppler",
    "ai_description": "",
    "ai_severity": "",
    "ai_vendor": "",
    "ai_product": "",
    "ai_version": "",
    "ai_score": 0
}