CVE-2018-15855

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-476

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
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References

Timeline

Published
Aug 25, 2018
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2018-15855: Medium severity, CVSS 5.5 | Vulnix