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 geometry tokens were desupported incorrectly.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-7711 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 geometry tokens were desupported incorrectly.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3786-1 libxkbcommon vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3786-2 libxkbcommon vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T10:10:04.683Z

Reserved: 2018-08-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-15854

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-08-25T21:29:01.593

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:51:34.630

Link: CVE-2018-15854

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2018-03-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-15854 - Bugzilla

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