ISOMAN

CVE

CVE-2018-15856

An infinite loop when reaching EOL unexpectedly in compose/parser.c (aka the keymap parser) in xkbcommon before 0.8.1 could be used by local attackers to cause a denial of service during parsing of crafted keymap files.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
Published
Modified
NVD detailAll CVEs

Linked Releases

DistributionReleaseStatusEvidence
Ubuntu18.04.6 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu18.04.6 amd64 live-serverunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.7 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.6 i386 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.7 amd64 serverunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.6 i386 serverunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 i386 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 amd64 serverunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 i386 serverunknownsource

References

  1. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079
  2. https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon/commit/842e4351c2c97de6051cab6ce36b4a81e709a0e1
  3. https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2018-August/039232.html
  4. https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-05
  5. https://usn.ubuntu.com/3786-1/
  6. https://usn.ubuntu.com/3786-2/
  7. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079
  8. https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon/commit/842e4351c2c97de6051cab6ce36b4a81e709a0e1
  9. https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2018-August/039232.html
  10. https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-05
  11. https://usn.ubuntu.com/3786-1/
  12. https://usn.ubuntu.com/3786-2/