medium5.5
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…
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Xkbcommon | Xkbcommon | before 0.8.1 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 14.04, 16.04, 18.04 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079
- https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon/commit/842e4351c2c97de6051cab6ce36b4a81e709a0e1
- https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2018-August/039232.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-05
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3786-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3786-2/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079
- https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon/commit/842e4351c2c97de6051cab6ce36b4a81e709a0e1
- https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2018-August/039232.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-05
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3786-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3786-2/