From 1634dbc6e46fe3b332c43259af54bdb8291655a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gunnar Beutner <gunnar@beutner.name>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 08:28:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix crash when trying to set field on a value that is not an
 object

fixes #9779
---
 lib/config/vmops.hpp | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/config/vmops.hpp b/lib/config/vmops.hpp
index a6e26199a..e7827492f 100644
--- a/lib/config/vmops.hpp
+++ b/lib/config/vmops.hpp
@@ -287,6 +287,9 @@ public:
 
 	static inline void SetField(const Object::Ptr& context, const String& field, const Value& value, const DebugInfo& debugInfo = DebugInfo())
 	{
+		if (!context)
+			BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(ScriptError("Cannot set field '" + field + "' on a value that is not an object.", debugInfo));
+
 		Dictionary::Ptr dict = dynamic_pointer_cast<Dictionary>(context);
 
 		if (dict) {