CVE-2018-15855

Name	CVE-2018-15855
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	907302

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
libxkbcommon (PTS)	bullseye	1.0.3-2	fixed
	bookworm	1.5.0-1	fixed
	trixie	1.7.0-2	fixed
	forky	1.7.0-2.1	fixed
	sid	1.12.3-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
libxkbcommon	source	(unstable)	0.8.2-1	low		907302

Notes

[stretch] - libxkbcommon <ignored> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - libxkbcommon <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon/commit/917636b1d0d70205a13f89062b95e3a0fc31d4ff
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2018-August/039232.html