Vulnerability Report

CVE-2018-15120

Title: Gnome Pango Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2018-15120

CWE Category CWE-119
Published Date Aug 24, 2018
Modified Date Nov 21, 2024
Exploit Status Available
Score 6.5 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
5.61%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2018-15120: 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.

Impacted Vendors

P
pango 1
G
gnome 1

Reference Links

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/
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.3
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2018-15120 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45263
View Code
MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.