CVE-2025-43718

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.13% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 2.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

2.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

NVD analysis status

Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-12.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2025-10-01 00:00Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-06 17:41Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2025-04-17

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Low (CVSS 2.9)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Weaknesses

• CWE-674Uncontrolled RecursionClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

494460c861614d3a7ec88b64be4e4c235a2c200a8618fcdcfb768fc4a1f5a074

• gitlab.freedesktop.orghttps://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/commit/f54b815672117c250420787c8c006de98e8c7408
• github.comhttps://github.com/ShadowByte1/CVE-Reports/blob/main/CVE-2025-43718.md