Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-52885

critical Nessus Plugin ID 270275

Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

- Red Hat Enterprise Linux - poppler: Use-After-Free in StructTreeRoot class (CVE-2025-52885)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-52885

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 270275

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_52885.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 10/14/2025

Updated: 10/7/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

Percentile: 96.82

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-52885

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-cpp-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-cpp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-glib-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-glib-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-glib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-qt5-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-qt5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-qt6-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-qt6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-52885