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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-15861): libxkbcommon vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-15861): libxkbcommon vulnerabilities

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/25/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
10/17/2018
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

Unchecked NULL pointer usage 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 that triggers an xkb_intern_atom failure.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libxkbcommon-x11-0
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libxkbcommon0

References

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