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CVE-2018-20650

poppler: reachable Object::dictLookup assertion in FileSpec class in FileSpec.cc

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · December 28, 2018

Updated · June 27, 2026

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.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-617 · Reachable Assertion