CVE-2018-15120

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

• Libpango 1.40.8 - Denial of Service (PoC)2018-08-27 · dos · multiple

Impact

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• 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/