CVE-2018-20650
MEDIUMPoppler 0.72.0 - Denial of Service via FileSpec DictLookup Assertion
Title source: llmDescription
A reachable Object::dictLookup assertion in Poppler 0.72.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service due to the lack of a check for the dict data type, as demonstrated by use of the FileSpec class (in FileSpec.cc) in pdfdetach.
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/704
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/de0c0b8324e776f0b851485e0fc9622fc35695b7
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106459
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3865-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2713
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00033.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00014.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00030.html
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0036
EPSS Percentile
57.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (22)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.10
debian/debian_linux
8.0
debian/debian_linux
9.0
debian/debian_linux
10.0
freedesktop/poppler
0.72.0
redhat/enterprise_linux
8.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop
7.0
... and 12 more
Published
Jan 01, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026