DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15853

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-15853
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15853.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15853
Upstream
Published
2018-08-25T21:29:01.483Z
Modified
2025-12-03T15:24:24.379022Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11

libxkbcommon

Package

Name
libxkbcommon
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libxkbcommon?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.8.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15853.json"

x11-xkb-utils

Package

Name
x11-xkb-utils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/x11-xkb-utils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

7.*

7.7+5
7.7+6
7.7+7
7.7+8
7.7+9

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15853.json"

Debian:12

libxkbcommon

Package

Name
libxkbcommon
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libxkbcommon?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.8.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15853.json"

x11-xkb-utils

Package

Name
x11-xkb-utils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/x11-xkb-utils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

7.*

7.7+7
7.7+8
7.7+9

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15853.json"

Debian:13

libxkbcommon

Package

Name
libxkbcommon
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libxkbcommon?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.8.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15853.json"

x11-xkb-utils

Package

Name
x11-xkb-utils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/x11-xkb-utils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

7.*

7.7+9

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15853.json"

Debian:14

libxkbcommon

Package

Name
libxkbcommon
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libxkbcommon?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.8.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15853.json"

x11-xkb-utils

Package

Name
x11-xkb-utils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/x11-xkb-utils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

7.*

7.7+9

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15853.json"