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Debian: CVE-2018-15857: libxkbcommon -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 25, 2018
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

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.

Solution

debian-upgrade-libxkbcommon
Title
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