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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15863
Unchecked NULL pointer usage in ResolveStateAndPredicate in xkbcomp/compat.c in xkbcommon before 0.8.2 could be used by local attackers to crash (NULL...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Unchecked NULL pointer usage in ResolveStateAndPredicate in xkbcomp/compat.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 with a no-op modmask expression.
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