CVE-2018-15859
Published: 25 August 2018
Unchecked NULL pointer usage when parsing invalid atoms in ExprResolveLhs in xkbcomp/expr.c in xkbcommon before 0.8.2 could be used by local attackers to crash (NULL pointer dereference) the xkbcommon parser by supplying a crafted keymap file, because lookup failures are mishandled.
Priority
CVSS 3 base score: 5.5
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
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libxkbcommon Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(0.8.0-1ubuntu0.1)
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| cosmic |
Not vulnerable
(0.8.2-1)
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| precise |
Does not exist
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| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was released [0.4.1-0ubuntu1.1])
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| upstream |
Released
(0.8.2-1)
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| xenial |
Released
(0.5.0-1ubuntu2.1)
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Patches: vendor: https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon/commit/bb4909d2d8fa6b08155e449986a478101e2b2634 |
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