CVE-2018-15864

Unchecked NULL pointer usage in resolve_keysym in xkbcomp/parser.y in xkbcommon before 0.8.2 could be used by local attackers to crash (NULL pointer d...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

Unchecked NULL pointer usage in resolve_keysym in xkbcomp/parser.y 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, because a map access attempt can occur for a map that was never created.

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

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15864 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