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CVE-2018-15120 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://52.117.224.77/xfce4-pdos.webm CVEExploitThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/GNOME/pango/blob/1.42.4/NEWS CVERelease NotesThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/GNOME/pango/commit/71aaeaf020340412b8d012fe23a556c0420eda5f CVEPatchThird Party Advisory
https://i.redd.it/v7p4n2ptu0s11.jpg CVEThird Party Advisory
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/distributor-list/2018-August/msg00001.html CVEPatchThird Party Advisory

see all 22 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
gnome pango
>= 1.40.8, <= 1.42.3

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:pango:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux
18.04

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

13 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-15120
NVD Published Date:
Aug 24, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]