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Posted on 25 November 2025
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-6062-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso
November 25, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : pdfminer
CVE ID : CVE-2025-64512
Debian Bug : 1120642
A vulnerability was discovered in pdfminer, a tool for extracting
information from PDF documents, which may result in the execution of
arbitrary code if a specially crafted PDF file is processed.
For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed
in version 20221105+dfsg-1.1~deb12u1.
For the stable distribution (trixie), this problem has been fixed in
version 20221105+dfsg-1.1~deb13u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your pdfminer packages.
For the detailed security status of pdfminer please refer to its
security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/pdfminer
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
