CVE-2018-15120

libpango in Pango 1.40.8 through 1.42.3, as used in hexchat and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted text with invalid Unicode sequences.

CVSS v3.0 6.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/distributor-list/2018-August/msg00001.html	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/GNOME/pango/commit/71aaeaf020340412b8d012fe23a556c0420eda5f	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/GNOME/pango/blob/1.42.4/NEWS	Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3750-1/	Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45263/	Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-07	Third Party Advisory
http://52.117.224.77/xfce4-pdos.webm	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://i.redd.it/v7p4n2ptu0s11.jpg	Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45263	Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/10/16/ps4s-are-reportedly-being-bricked-and-sony-is-working-on-a-fix	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.reddit.com/r/PS4/comments/9o5efg/message_bricking_console_megathread/	Third Party Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnome:pango:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2018-08-24 12:29

Updated : 2021-07-14 08:41

NVD link : CVE-2018-15120

Mitre link : CVE-2018-15120

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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Products Affected

gnome

pango

canonical

ubuntu_linux

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