vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-15862): libxkbcommon vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Aug 25, 2018 | Oct 17, 2018 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Aug 25, 2018
Added
Oct 17, 2018
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
Unchecked NULL pointer usage in LookupModMask 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 with invalid virtual modifiers.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-libxkbcommon-x11-0ubuntu-upgrade-libxkbcommon0
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