#VU14537 Assertion failure in Pango - CVE-2018-15120
Published: August 27, 2018 / Updated: June 17, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14537
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
Pango
Pango
Software vendor:
Gnome Development Team
Gnome Development Team
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.
Remediation
Update to version 1.42.4.