CVE-2018-15120
MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 24, 2018 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:42 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxPango
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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 11%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (11)
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://52.117.224.77/xfce4-pdos.webmx_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/GNOME/pango/blob/1.42.4/NEWSx_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/GNOME/pango/commit/71aaeaf020340412b8d012fe23a556c0420eda5fMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/distributor-list/2018-August/msg00001.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-07Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3750-1/x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45263CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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