CVE-2018-15854

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 su...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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 geometry tokens were desupported incorrectly.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD OSV

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15854 libxkbcommon Fixed in: 0.8.2-1

References

advisory access.redhat.com
advisory lists.freedesktop.org
advisory security.gentoo.org
advisory usn.ubuntu.com
advisory usn.ubuntu.com
patch github.com