CVE-2018-18446 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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

Published: 2022-10-12

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 1.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:dotpdn:paint.net:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-10174	dotPDN Paint.NET before 4.1.2 allows Deserialization of Untrusted Data (issue 1 of 2).

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0116.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://blog.getpaint.net/2018/10/22/paint-net-4-1-2-is-now-available/
https://www.dotpdn.com
https://www.getpaint.net

History

Fri, 16 May 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Dotpdn Paint.net

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-10-12T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-16T13:47:01.584Z

Reserved: 2018-10-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-18446

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T11:08:21.992Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-12T21:15:09.327

Modified: 2025-05-16T14:15:25.790

Link: CVE-2018-18446

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-502

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