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cve[email protected]CVE-2018-15859
HistoryAug 25, 2018 - 9:29 p.m.

CVE-2018-15859

2018-08-2521:29:02
CWE-476
web.nvd.nist.gov
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cve-2018-15859
xkbcomp
exprresolvelhs
security vulnerability
null pointer dereference
keymap file
nvd

2.1 Low

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

5.9 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.8%

Unchecked NULL pointer usage when parsing invalid atoms in ExprResolveLhs in xkbcomp/expr.c in xkbcommon before 0.8.2 could be used by local attackers to crash (NULL pointer dereference) the xkbcommon parser by supplying a crafted keymap file, because lookup failures are mishandled.

Affected configurations

NVD
Node
xkbcommonlibxkbcommonRange0.8.1
OR
xkbcommonxkbcommonRange0.8.1
Node
canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch14.04lts
OR
canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch16.04lts
OR
canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch18.04lts

2.1 Low

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

5.9 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.8%