| 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, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, 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 | 1.6.0-1 | fixed |
| sid | 1.7.0-1 | 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