Gentoo update for Pango



Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2018-15120
CWE-ID CWE-617
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit Public exploit code for vulnerability #1 is available.
Vulnerable software
 Gentoo Linux
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

Vendor Gentoo

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Assertion failure

EUVDB-ID: #VU14537

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 7.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-15120

CWE-ID: CWE-617 - Reachable Assertion

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input processed by the pango/pango-emoji.c source code file. A remote attacker can type a series of invalid Unicode characters in the affected application, trigger an assertion failure and cause the application to crash.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.
x11-libs/pango to version: 1.42.4

Vulnerable software versions

Gentoo Linux: All versions

CPE2.3 External links

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-07


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.



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