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CVE-2018-15855

Unchecked NULL pointer usage in xkbcommon before 0.8.1 could be used by local attackers to crash (NULL pointer dereference) the xkbcommon pa

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Summary

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.

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Affected versions

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References 6

security.gentoo.org

usn.ubuntu.com

lists.freedesktop.org

GitHub · xkbcommon/libxkbcommon

access.redhat.com