CVE-2018-15120

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-15120
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-08-24 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2021-07-14 15:41:00 UTC
Descriptionlibpango 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Application Gnome Pango All All All All
Application Pango Pango All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Pango: Denial of Service (GLSA 201811-07) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Prevent an assertion with invalid Unicode sequences · GNOME/pango@71aaeaf · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Update: Sony Says It's Fixed Malicious PS4 Message Exploit - IGN MISC www.ign.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Libpango 1.40.8 - Denial of Service (PoC) EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-3750-1: Pango vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Message Bricking Console Megathread : PS4 MISC www.reddit.com Third Party Advisory
52.117.224.77/xfce4-pdos.webm MISC 52.117.224.77 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Libpango 1.40.8 - Denial of Service (PoC) MISC www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
pango/NEWS at 1.42.4 · GNOME/pango · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
i.redd.it/v7p4n2ptu0s11.jpg MISC i.redd.it Third Party Advisory
A critical pango fix MLIST mail.gnome.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710318 Gentoo Linux Pango Denial of service Vulnerability (GLSA 201811-07)
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