CVE-2018-15120

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    CVE-2018-15120

    Published: 24 Aug 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://github.com/GNOME/pango/blob/1.42.4/NEWS, https://i.redd.it/v7p4n2ptu0s11.jpg, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-07, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3750-1/, https://www.reddit.com/r/PS4/comments/9o5efg/message_bricking_console_megathread/, https://github.com/GNOME/pango/commit/71aaeaf020340412b8d012fe23a556c0420eda5f, https://mail.gnome.org/archives/distributor-list/2018-August/msg00001.html, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45263, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45263/, http://52.117.224.77/xfce4-pdos.webm, https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/10/16/ps4s-are-reportedly-being-bricked-and-sony-is-working-on-a-fix

    Affected packages

    Package

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0940ddc24f7301f09d945ec44360699ce30859c6
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.42.3
    1.42.2
    1.42.1
    1.42.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High