CVE - CVE-2018-15857

CVE-ID
CVE-2018-15857	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
An invalid free in ExprAppendMultiKeysymList in xkbcomp/ast-build.c in xkbcommon before 0.8.1 could be used by local attackers to crash xkbcommon keymap parsers or possibly have unspecified other impact by supplying a crafted keymap file.
References
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GENTOO:GLSA-201810-05 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-05 MISC:https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon/commit/c1e5ac16e77a21f87bdf3bc4dea61b037a17dddb MISC:https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2018-August/039232.html REDHAT:RHSA-2019:2079 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079 UBUNTU:USN-3786-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/3786-1/ UBUNTU:USN-3786-2 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/3786-2/
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20180824	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20180824)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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