CVE-2018-15855 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2018-15855

Unchecked NULL pointer usage in xkbcommon before 0.8.1 could be...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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References

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CVE-2018-15854
Unchecked NULL pointer usage in xkbcommon before 0.8.1 could be...
Medium 5.5

Affected Vendor

xkbcommon project

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Affected Software

xkbcommon, ubuntu linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 14.04, 16.04, 18.04

Timeline

Official Publish: August 25th, 2018
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.