UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15854

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-15854
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15854.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15854
Related
Published
2018-08-25T00:00:00Z
Modified
2018-08-25T00:00:00Z
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
Summary
[none]
Details

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 geometry tokens were desupported incorrectly.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libxkbcommon

Package

Name
libxkbcommon
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxkbcommon?arch=src?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",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "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-x11-0-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.4.1-0ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libxkbcommon-x11-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.4.1-0ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libxkbcommon0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.4.1-0ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libxkbcommon0-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libxkbcommon

Package

Name
libxkbcommon
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxkbcommon?arch=src?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",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "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-x11-0-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.5.0-1ubuntu2.1",
            "binary_name": "libxkbcommon-x11-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.5.0-1ubuntu2.1",
            "binary_name": "libxkbcommon0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.5.0-1ubuntu2.1",
            "binary_name": "libxkbcommon0-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / libxkbcommon

Package

Name
libxkbcommon
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxkbcommon?arch=src?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",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "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-x11-0-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.8.0-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libxkbcommon-x11-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.8.0-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libxkbcommon0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.8.0-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libxkbcommon0-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}