Vulnerability Details : 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.
Vulnerability category: OverflowDenial of service
Products affected by CVE-2018-15120
- cpe:2.3:a:gnome:pango:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-15120
1.74%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 88 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2018-15120
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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4.3
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
8.6
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2.9
|
NIST | |
6.5
|
MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
2.8
|
3.6
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2018-15120
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The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2018-15120
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https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45263/
Libpango 1.40.8 - Denial of Service (PoC)Exploit;Patch;Third Party Advisory;VDB Entry
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https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45263
Libpango 1.40.8 - Denial of Service (PoC) - Linux dos ExploitExploit;Patch;Third Party Advisory;VDB Entry
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https://usn.ubuntu.com/3750-1/
USN-3750-1: Pango vulnerability | Ubuntu security noticesThird Party Advisory
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https://github.com/GNOME/pango/commit/71aaeaf020340412b8d012fe23a556c0420eda5f
Prevent an assertion with invalid Unicode sequences · GNOME/pango@71aaeaf · GitHubPatch;Third Party Advisory
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https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/10/16/ps4s-are-reportedly-being-bricked-and-sony-is-working-on-a-fix
Exploit;Third Party Advisory
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http://52.117.224.77/xfce4-pdos.webm
Exploit;Third Party Advisory
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https://github.com/GNOME/pango/blob/1.42.4/NEWS
pango/NEWS at 1.42.4 · GNOME/pango · GitHubRelease Notes;Third Party Advisory
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https://mail.gnome.org/archives/distributor-list/2018-August/msg00001.html
A critical pango fixPatch;Third Party Advisory
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https://www.reddit.com/r/PS4/comments/9o5efg/message_bricking_console_megathread/
Message Bricking Console Megathread : PS4Third Party Advisory
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-07
Pango: Denial of Service (GLSA 201811-07) — Gentoo securityThird Party Advisory
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https://i.redd.it/v7p4n2ptu0s11.jpg
v7p4n2ptu0s11.jpg (750×1334)Third Party Advisory
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