CVE-2018-15120 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2018-15120: 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.

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Elevated exploitation risk

FIRST EPSS puts CVE-2018-15120's probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12% (95th percentile of all CVEs)— well above the noise floor. Prioritize it.

EPSS:12% · 30-day exploit probability95th percentile

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2018-15120 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

pango1.0→ fixed in1.42.4-1urgency: low

sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y pango1.0

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

pango1.0→ fixed in1.42.4-1urgency: low

sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y pango1.0

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

pango1.0→ fixed in1.42.4-1urgency: low

sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y pango1.0

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