QID 379049

Date Published: 2023-11-29

QID 379049: DotPDN Paint.NET Windows Client Untrusted Data Deserialization Vulnerability

dotPDN LLC develops and distributes high quality software for Windows PCs. Paint.NET is the leading image and photo editing software package for Windows PC.

CVE-2018-18446, CVE-2018-18447; The affected versions of dotPDN Paint.NET allows Deserialization of Untrusted Data.

Affected Versions:
dotPDN Paint.NET prior to version 4.1.2

QID Detection Logic:(Authenticated)
This QID checks the windows registry entry to check the vulnerable version of the product.

On successful exploitation the vulnerability allows denial of service or remote code execution.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 9.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 6.8 severity.
  • Solution
    The vendor has released a patch to remediate this vulnerability. For more details, please visit advisory.

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    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    dotPDN Paint.NET URL Logo blog.getpaint.net/2018/10/22/paint-net-4-1-2-is-now-available/

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