CVE-2018-15120 EXPLOIT
6.5
MEDIUM · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 11.5% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.5 (MEDIUM, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| EPSS | 11.5% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2018-08-24 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu linux |
| gnome | pango |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Libpango 1.40.8 - Denial of Service (PoC) | 2018-08-27 |
References
- http://52.117.224.77/xfce4-pdos.webm
- https://github.com/GNOME/pango/blob/1.42.4/NEWS
- https://github.com/GNOME/pango/commit/71aaeaf020340412b8d012fe23a556c0420eda5f
- https://i.redd.it/v7p4n2ptu0s11.jpg
- https://mail.gnome.org/archives/distributor-list/2018-August/msg00001.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-07
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3750-1/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45263
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45263/
- https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/10/16/ps4s-are-reportedly-being-bricked-and-sony-is-working-on-a-fix
- https://www.reddit.com/r/PS4/comments/9o5efg/message_bricking_console_megathread/
- http://52.117.224.77/xfce4-pdos.webm
- https://github.com/GNOME/pango/blob/1.42.4/NEWS
- https://github.com/GNOME/pango/commit/71aaeaf020340412b8d012fe23a556c0420eda5f
- https://i.redd.it/v7p4n2ptu0s11.jpg
- https://mail.gnome.org/archives/distributor-list/2018-August/msg00001.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-07
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3750-1/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45263
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45263/
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