FKIE_CVE-2018-15120

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-08-24 19:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:42
Severity
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://52.117.224.77/xfce4-pdos.webmExploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/GNOME/pango/blob/1.42.4/NEWSRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/GNOME/pango/commit/71aaeaf020340412b8d012fe23a556c0420eda5fPatch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://i.redd.it/v7p4n2ptu0s11.jpgThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://mail.gnome.org/archives/distributor-list/2018-August/msg00001.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-07Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3750-1/Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45263Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45263/Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.ign.com/articles/2018/10/16/ps4s-are-reportedly-being-bricked-and-sony-is-working-on-a-fixExploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.reddit.com/r/PS4/comments/9o5efg/message_bricking_console_megathread/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://52.117.224.77/xfce4-pdos.webmExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/GNOME/pango/blob/1.42.4/NEWSRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/GNOME/pango/commit/71aaeaf020340412b8d012fe23a556c0420eda5fPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://i.redd.it/v7p4n2ptu0s11.jpgThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://mail.gnome.org/archives/distributor-list/2018-August/msg00001.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-07Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3750-1/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45263Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45263/Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/10/16/ps4s-are-reportedly-being-bricked-and-sony-is-working-on-a-fixExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.reddit.com/r/PS4/comments/9o5efg/message_bricking_console_megathread/Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnome pango *
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04
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      "value": "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."
    },
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      "value": "libpango en Pango, desde la versi\u00f3n 1.40.8 hasta la 1.42.3, tal y como se emplea en hexcat y otros productos, permite que atacantes remotos provoquen una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (cierre inesperado de la aplicaci\u00f3n) o, posiblemente, cualquier otro tipo de problema mediante texto manipulado con secuencias Unicode inv\u00e1lidas."
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T01:42:04.647",
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