Use After Free Affecting libxkbcommon package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-LIBXKBCOMMON-263423
  • published25 Sept 2018
  • disclosed25 Aug 2018

Introduced: 25 Aug 2018

CVE-2018-15857  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:9 libxkbcommon.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxkbcommon package and not the libxkbcommon package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

An invalid free in ExprAppendMultiKeysymList in xkbcomp/ast-build.c in xkbcommon before 0.8.1 could be used by local attackers to crash xkbcommon keymap parsers or possibly have unspecified other impact by supplying a crafted keymap file.