CVE-2018-15856
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2018-08-25 | |
| Impact: | Low | What is this? |
Description
An infinite loop when reaching EOL unexpectedly in compose/parser.c (aka the keymap parser) in xkbcommon before 0.8.1 could be used by local attackers to cause a denial of service during parsing of crafted keymap files.
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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 metrics
| Base Score: | 5.5 |
| Vector String: | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Version: | 3.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Local |
| Attack Complexity: | Low |
| Privileges Required: | Low |
| User Interaction: | None |
| Scope: | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | High |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (gdm) | ELSA-2019-2079 | 2019-08-13 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (libX11) | ELSA-2019-2079 | 2019-08-13 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (libxkbcommon) | ELSA-2019-2079 | 2019-08-13 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (mesa-libGLw) | ELSA-2019-2079 | 2019-08-13 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (xorg-x11-drv-ati) | ELSA-2019-2079 | 2019-08-13 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (xorg-x11-drv-vesa) | ELSA-2019-2079 | 2019-08-13 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (xorg-x11-drv-wacom) | ELSA-2019-2079 | 2019-08-13 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (xorg-x11-server) | ELSA-2019-2079 | 2019-08-13 |
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