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CVE-2018-15853

Published: 25 August 2018

Endless recursion exists in xkbcomp/expr.c in xkbcommon and libxkbcommon before 0.8.1, which could be used by local attackers to crash xkbcommon users by supplying a crafted keymap file that triggers boolean negation.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
libxkbcommon
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (0.8.0-1ubuntu0.1)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(0.8.2-1)
trusty
Released (0.4.1-0ubuntu1.1)
upstream
Released (0.8.2-1)
xenial
Released (0.5.0-1ubuntu2.1)
Patches:
vendor: https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon/commit/1f9d1248c07cda8aaff762429c0dce146de8632a

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H