CVE-2018-15861

Unchecked NULL pointer usage in ExprResolveLhs in xkbcomp/expr.c in xkbcommon before 0.8.2 could be used by local attackers to crash (NULL pointer der...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

Unchecked NULL pointer usage in ExprResolveLhs in xkbcomp/expr.c 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 that triggers an xkb_intern_atom failure.

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

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Alpine Linux ALPINE-CVE-2018-15861 xkbcomp Fixed in: 1.5.0-r0
Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15861 libxkbcommon Fixed in: 0.8.2-1

References

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