CVE-2018-20650 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2018-20650

A reachable Object::dictLookup assertion in Poppler 0.72.0 allows attackers to...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

freedesktop

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Affected Software

poppler, ubuntu linux, debian linux, enterprise linux, enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux eus, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux server aus, enterprise linux server tus, enterprise linux workstation
Vulnerable Versions:
0.72.0, 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 18.10, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, 7.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.4, 8.6

Timeline

Official Publish: January 1st, 2019
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.