CVE-2025-52885 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2025-52885: 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

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

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2025-52885 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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