CVE-2018-15855

Published: Aug 25, 2018

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

Unchecked NULL pointer usage in xkbcommon before 0.8.1 could be used by local attackers to crash (NULL pointer dereference) the xkbcommon parser by supplying a crafted keymap file, because the XkbFile for an xkb_geometry section was mishandled.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

GLSA-201810-05

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_GENTOO

USN-3786-1

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

USN-3786-2

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2018-August/039232.html

x_refsource_MISC

https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon/commit/917636b1d0d70205a13f89062b95e3a0fc31d4ff

x_refsource_MISC

RHSA-2019:2079

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

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CVE-2018-15855

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