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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15853
Endless recursion exists in xkbcomp/expr.c in xkbcommon and libxkbcommon before 0.8.1, which could be used by local attackers to crash xkbcommon users...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Endless recursion exists in xkbcomp/expr.c in xkbcommon and libxkbcommon before 0.8.1, which could be used by local attackers to crash xkbcommon users by supplying a crafted keymap file that triggers boolean negation.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
libxkbcommon
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.8.2-1"}]}]
Debian:13
libxkbcommon
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.8.2-1"}]}]
Debian:14
libxkbcommon
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.8.2-1"}]}]
Debian:12
x11-xkb-utils
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Debian:13
x11-xkb-utils
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Debian:14
x11-xkb-utils
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org