dotPDN Paint.NET up to 4.1.1 deserialization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in dotPDN Paint.NET up to 4.1.1. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to deserialization. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-18446. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in dotPDN Paint.NET up to 4.1.1 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a deserialization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-502. The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

dotPDN Paint.NET before 4.1.2 allows Deserialization of Untrusted Data (issue 1 of 2).

The weakness was shared 10/13/2022. The advisory is shared at blog.getpaint.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-18446 since 10/17/2018. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 4.1.2 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at blog.getpaint.net.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Deserialization
CWE: CWE-502 / CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Paint.NET 4.1.2

Timelineinfo

10/17/2018 🔍
10/13/2022 +1457 days 🔍
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05/16/2025 +946 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: blog.getpaint.net
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2018-18446 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-18446
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-210749

Entryinfo

Created: 10/13/2022 13:39
Updated: 05/16/2025 17:05
Changes: 10/13/2022 13:39 (40), 11/07/2022 12:57 (11), 05/16/2025 17:05 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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