CVE-2025-43718 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2025-43718: Poppler 24.06.1 through 25.x before 25.04.0 allows stack consumption and a SIGSEGV via deeply nested structures within the metadata (such as GTS_PDFEVersion) of a PDF document, e.g., a regular expression for a long pdfsubver string. This occurs in Dict::lookup, Catalog::getMetadata, and associated f

Affects 2 Linux releases across 2 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2025-43718 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

poppler→ fixed in22.12.0-2+deb12u2urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y poppler
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

poppler→ fixed in25.03.0-5+deb13u3urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y poppler
```

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