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.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 6.5/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://52.117.224.77/xfce4-pdos.webmExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/GNOME/pango/blob/1.42.4/NEWSRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/GNOME/pango/commit/71aaeaf020340412b8d012fe23a556c0420eda5fPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://i.redd.it/v7p4n2ptu0s11.jpgThird Party Advisory
- https://mail.gnome.org/archives/distributor-list/2018-August/msg00001.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-07Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3750-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45263Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45263/Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/10/16/ps4s-are-reportedly-being-bricked-and-sony-is-working-on-a-fixExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.reddit.com/r/PS4/comments/9o5efg/message_bricking_console_megathread/Third Party Advisory
- http://52.117.224.77/xfce4-pdos.webmExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/GNOME/pango/blob/1.42.4/NEWSRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/GNOME/pango/commit/71aaeaf020340412b8d012fe23a556c0420eda5fPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://i.redd.it/v7p4n2ptu0s11.jpgThird Party Advisory
- https://mail.gnome.org/archives/distributor-list/2018-August/msg00001.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-07Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3750-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45263Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45263/Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/10/16/ps4s-are-reportedly-being-bricked-and-sony-is-working-on-a-fixExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.reddit.com/r/PS4/comments/9o5efg/message_bricking_console_megathread/Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Aug 24, 2018
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified