openSUSE: Poppler Moderate Recursion Issue SUSE-2025:3898-1 CVE-2025-43718
suse
October 31, 2025
* bsc#1250908 Cross-References: * CVE-2025-43718
Summary
## This update for poppler fixes the following issues: * CVE-2025-43718: fixed uncontrolled recursion in the regex-based metadata parser when processing specially crafted PDF files (bsc#1250908) ## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: * openSUSE Leap 15.4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-3898=1 ## Package List: * openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586) * typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18-22.01.0-150400.3.41.1 * libpoppler-glib8-debuginfo-22.01.0-150400.3.41.1 * libpoppler-qt5-1-debuginfo-22.01.0-150400.3.41.1 * libpoppler117-22.01.0-150400.3.41.1 * libpoppler-glib8-22.01.0-150400.3.41.1
Topics Covered
References
* bsc#1250908
Cross-
* CVE-2025-43718
CVSS scores:
* CVE-2025-43718 ( SUSE ): 6.8
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
* CVE-2025-43718 ( SUSE ): 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
* CVE-2025-43718 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
* CVE-2025-43718 ( NVD ): 2.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Affected Products:
* openSUSE Leap 15.4
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.
##
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-43718.html
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250908
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:3898-1
Release Date: 2025-10-31T14:55:55Z
Rating: moderate
Topics Covered
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