CVE-2018-20650
Published: 1 January 2019
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.
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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poppler Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6)
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| cosmic |
Released
(0.68.0-0ubuntu1.4)
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| trusty |
Released
(0.24.5-2ubuntu4.15)
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| upstream |
Needs triage
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| xenial |
Released
(0.41.0-0ubuntu1.11)
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Patches: upstream: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/de0c0b8324e776f0b851485e0fc9622fc35695b7 |
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Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 6.5 |
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |