vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2018-15858: libxkbcommon -- security update
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Aug 25, 2018 | Jul 30, 2024 | Mar 30, 2026 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Aug 25, 2018
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026
Description
Unchecked NULL pointer usage when handling invalid aliases in CopyKeyAliasesToKeymap in xkbcomp/keycodes.c 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.
Solution
debian-upgrade-libxkbcommon
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