DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15853

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-15853
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15853.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15853
Upstream
Published
2018-08-25T21:29:01Z
Modified
2026-10-21T02:01:27Z
Summary
[none]
Details

Endless recursion exists in xkbcomp/expr.c in xkbcommon and libxkbcommon before 0.8.1, which could be used by local attackers to crash xkbcommon users by supplying a crafted keymap file that triggers boolean negation.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12
libxkbcommon

Package

Name
libxkbcommon
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libxkbcommon?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.8.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency":  "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15853.json"
x11-xkb-utils

Package

Name
x11-xkb-utils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/x11-xkb-utils?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

7.*
7.7+7
7.7+8
7.7+9

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency":  "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15853.json"
Debian:13
libxkbcommon

Package

Name
libxkbcommon
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libxkbcommon?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.8.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency":  "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15853.json"
x11-xkb-utils

Package

Name
x11-xkb-utils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/x11-xkb-utils?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

7.*
7.7+9

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency":  "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15853.json"
Debian:14
libxkbcommon

Package

Name
libxkbcommon
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libxkbcommon?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.8.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency":  "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15853.json"
x11-xkb-utils

Package

Name
x11-xkb-utils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/x11-xkb-utils?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

7.*
7.7+9

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency":  "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15853.json"