CVE-2018-20650
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.57% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 85.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-01-01 16:00Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 12:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-01-01
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c36fb59e15dcb808baf1317fd117f7fb7710a17581d08045e5c903f688b6d087
05 Affected products
06 References
- gitlab.freedesktop.orghttps://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/704
- gitlab.freedesktop.orghttps://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/de0c0b8324e776f0b851485e0fc9622fc35695b7
- www.securityfocus.com106459http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106459
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3865-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3865-1/
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2022https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2713https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2713
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20190930 [SECURITY] [DLA 1939-1] poppler security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00033.html
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20201108 [SECURITY] [DLA 2440-1] poppler security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00014.html
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20220925 [SECURITY] [DLA 3120-1] poppler security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00030.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- poppler Fixed in 0.85.0-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- poppler Fixed in 0.85.0-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- poppler Fixed in 0.85.0-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- poppler Fixed in 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.15
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- poppler Fixed in 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.11
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- poppler Fixed in 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.