USN-7708-1: poppler vulnerability

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.
Releases: 25.04 ,24.04 LTS,22.04 LTS ,20.04 LTS ,18.04 LTS

Packages

• poppler - PDF rendering library

Details
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
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