CVE-2018-15855
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2018-15855 |
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| State | PUBLIC |
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| Assigner | [email protected] |
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| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
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| Published | 2018-08-25 21:29:00 UTC |
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| Updated | 2019-08-06 17:15:00 UTC |
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| 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. |
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NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
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| USN-3786-2: libxkbcommon vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices |
UBUNTU |
usn.ubuntu.com |
Third Party Advisory |
| USN-3786-1: libxkbcommon vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices |
UBUNTU |
usn.ubuntu.com |
Third Party Advisory |
| xkbcommon: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201810-05) — Gentoo security |
GENTOO |
security.gentoo.org |
Third Party Advisory |
| [ANNOUNCE] libxkbcommon 0.8.1 |
MISC |
lists.freedesktop.org |
Third Party Advisory |
| xkbcomp: fix crash when parsing an xkb_geometry section · xkbcommon/libxkbcommon@917636b · GitHub |
MISC |
github.com |
Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal |
REDHAT |
access.redhat.com |
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| CVE Program record |
CVE.ORG |
www.cve.org |
canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail |
NVD |
nvd.nist.gov |
canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 377269 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for xorg (ALINUX2-SA-2019:0076)
- 710237 Gentoo Linux xkbcommon Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201810-05)
- 755582 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for libxkbcommon (SUSE-SU-2024:0037-1)
