CVE-2018-20650

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
ProductFreedesktop Poppler
PublishedJan 1, 2019
First seenJan 1, 2019

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
freedesktop poppler0.72.0—
canonical ubuntu_linux14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 18.10—
debian debian_linux8.0, 9.0, 10.0—
redhat enterprise_linux8.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop7.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_eus8.1, 8.2, 8.4, 8.6—
redhat enterprise_linux_server7.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus8.2, 8.4, 8.6—
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus8.2, 8.4, 8.6—
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation7.0—

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