CVE-2018-15120

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

11.49% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 95.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2018-08-24 19:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 09:46Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-08-06

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
• CWE-617Reachable AssertionBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

e6f438b6477b2f675d7818ba83ffe41bbb3a251cf117f56f6796e36d57980827

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• github.comhttps://github.com/GNOME/pango/blob/1.42.4/NEWSx_refsource_CONFIRM
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3750-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3750-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• github.comhttps://github.com/GNOME/pango/commit/71aaeaf020340412b8d012fe23a556c0420eda5fx_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201811-07https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-07vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• mail.gnome.org[distributor-list] 20180820 A critical pango fixhttps://mail.gnome.org/archives/distributor-list/2018-August/msg00001.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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• www.ign.comhttps://www.ign.com/articles/2018/10/16/ps4s-are-reportedly-being-bricked-and-sony-is-working-on-a-fixx_refsource_MISC
• www.reddit.comhttps://www.reddit.com/r/PS4/comments/9o5efg/message_bricking_console_megathread/x_refsource_MISC
• www.exploit-db.comhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45263x_refsource_MISC
• i.redd.ithttps://i.redd.it/v7p4n2ptu0s11.jpgx_refsource_MISC