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CVE-2018-15857

Published: 25 August 2018

An invalid free in ExprAppendMultiKeysymList in xkbcomp/ast-build.c in xkbcommon before 0.8.1 could be used by local attackers to crash xkbcommon keymap parsers or possibly have unspecified other impact by supplying a crafted keymap file.

Notes

AuthorNote
leosilva
code in trusty is quite different.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

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/c1e5ac16e77a21f87bdf3bc4dea61b037a17dddb

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H