UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15853

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-15853
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15853.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15853
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Published
2018-08-25T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:45:00Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
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

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libxkbcommon

Package

Name
libxkbcommon
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxkbcommon@0.4.1-0ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.4.1-0ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.3.1-1
0.3.1-2
0.4.1-0ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.4.1-0ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libxkbcommon-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.4.1-0ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libxkbcommon-x11-0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.4.1-0ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libxkbcommon-x11-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.4.1-0ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libxkbcommon0"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libxkbcommon

Package

Name
libxkbcommon
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxkbcommon@0.5.0-1ubuntu2.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.5.0-1ubuntu2.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.5.0-1ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.5.0-1ubuntu2.1",
            "binary_name": "libxkbcommon-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.5.0-1ubuntu2.1",
            "binary_name": "libxkbcommon-x11-0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.5.0-1ubuntu2.1",
            "binary_name": "libxkbcommon-x11-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.5.0-1ubuntu2.1",
            "binary_name": "libxkbcommon0"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / libxkbcommon

Package

Name
libxkbcommon
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxkbcommon@0.8.0-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.8.0-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.7.1-2
0.8.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.8.0-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libxkbcommon-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.8.0-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libxkbcommon-x11-0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.8.0-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libxkbcommon-x11-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.8.0-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libxkbcommon0"
        }
    ]
}