NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting xorg-x11-drv-ati package, versions <0:19.0.1-2.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-XORGX11DRVATI-4930925
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed10 Mar 2018

Introduced: 10 Mar 2018

CVE-2018-15854  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 xorg-x11-drv-ati to version 0:19.0.1-2.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:2079.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xorg-x11-drv-ati package and not the xorg-x11-drv-ati package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.