Unchecked NULL pointer usage in resolve_keysym in xkbcomp/parser.y 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, because a map access attempt can occur for a map that was never created.
References
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079 | |
https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon/commit/a8ea7a1d3daa7bdcb877615ae0a252c189153bd2 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2018-August/039243.html | Mailing List Patch 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/a8ea7a1d3daa7bdcb877615ae0a252c189153bd2 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2018-August/039243.html | Mailing List Patch 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 |
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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/a8ea7a1d3daa7bdcb877615ae0a252c189153bd2 - Patch, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2018-August/039243.html - Mailing List, Patch, 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-2018-15864
Mitre link : CVE-2018-15864
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-15864
JSON object : View
Products Affected
xkbcommon
- libxkbcommon
- xkbcommon
canonical
- ubuntu_linux
CWE
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference