DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15855

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-15855
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15855.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15855
Upstream
Published
2018-08-25T21:29:01.733Z
Modified
2025-11-14T04:01:19.075218Z
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

Unchecked NULL pointer usage in xkbcommon before 0.8.1 could be used by local attackers to crash (NULL pointer dereference) the xkbcommon parser by supplying a crafted keymap file, because the XkbFile for an xkb_geometry section was mishandled.

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-2018-15855.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-2018-15855.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-2018-15855.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-2018-15855.json"