{
    "id": "CVE-2018-15120",
    "published": "2018-08-24 19:29:01",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 01:42:04",
    "cvss_score": "6.5",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-119",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.11499",
    "epss_percentile": "0.95884",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-28 18:17:19",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "canonical",
            "product": "ubuntu_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "gnome",
            "product": "pango"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "45263",
            "title": "Libpango 1.40.8 - Denial of Service (PoC)",
            "date": "2018-08-27",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45263"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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/",
        "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/"
    ]
}