CVE-2018-15856

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2018-03-12
CWE:
CWE-835
Bugzilla:
1623018: CVE-2018-15856 libxkbcommon: Infinite loop when reaching EOL unexpectedly resulting in a crash

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

An infinite loop when reaching EOL unexpectedly in compose/parser.c (aka the keymap parser) in xkbcommon before 0.8.1 could be used by local attackers to cause a denial of service during parsing of crafted keymap files.

Find out more about CVE-2018-15856 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 3.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libxkbcommon Affected

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