CVE-2018-15858
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.06%
Description
Unchecked NULL pointer usage when handling invalid aliases in CopyKeyAliasesToKeymap in xkbcomp/keycodes.c 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.
How to fix CVE-2018-15858
To remediate CVE-2018-15858, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/libxkbcommon—upgrade to 0.8.2-1 or later
Is CVE-2018-15858 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 0.8.2-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |