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.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079 | |
https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon/commit/917636b1d0d70205a13f89062b95e3a0fc31d4ff | Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2018-August/039232.html | Third Party Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-05 | Third Party Advisory |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3786-1/ | Third Party Advisory |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3786-2/ | Third Party Advisory |
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079 | |
https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon/commit/917636b1d0d70205a13f89062b95e3a0fc31d4ff | Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2018-August/039232.html | Third Party Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-05 | Third Party Advisory |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3786-1/ | Third Party Advisory |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3786-2/ | Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
History
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Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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References | () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079 - | |
References | () https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon/commit/917636b1d0d70205a13f89062b95e3a0fc31d4ff - Patch, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2018-August/039232.html - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-05 - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3786-1/ - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3786-2/ - Third Party Advisory |
Information
Published : 2018-08-25 21:29
Updated : 2024-11-21 03:51
NVD link : CVE-2018-15855
Mitre link : CVE-2018-15855
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-15855
JSON object : View
Products Affected
canonical
- ubuntu_linux
xkbcommon_project
- xkbcommon
CWE
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference