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.
Published: 2018-08-25
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-7712 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3786-1 libxkbcommon vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3786-2 libxkbcommon vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Redhat Enterprise Linux
Xkbcommon Project Xkbcommon
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T10:10:04.916Z

Reserved: 2018-08-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-15855

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-08-25T21:29:01.733

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:51:34.803

Link: CVE-2018-15855

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2018-03-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-15855 - Bugzilla

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