CVE-2018-15858

libxkbcommon0: Unchecked NULL pointer usage when handling invalid aliases in CopyKeyAliasesToKeymap in xkbcomp/keycodes.c in xkbcomm...

CVE-2018-15858 is fixed in 2 products on 1 platform, first by libxkbcommon-x11-0 0.8.0-1ubuntu0.1, released August 24, 2018. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
n/a
Medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0043
37th percentile

Unchecked NULL pointer usage when handling invalid aliases in CopyKeyAliasesToKeymap in xkbcomp/keycodes.c 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.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
libxkbcommon-x11-0 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 0.8.0-1ubuntu0.1 libxkbcommon-x11-0 0.8.0-1ubuntu0.1 Aug 24, 2018
libxkbcommon0 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 0.8.0-1ubuntu0.1 libxkbcommon0 0.8.0-1ubuntu0.1 Aug 24, 2018

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