ghsa-78rh-27p9-chj5
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-13 01:50
Modified
2022-05-13 01:50
Details

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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2018-15856"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-835"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2018-08-25T21:29:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-78rh-27p9-chj5",
  "modified": "2022-05-13T01:50:13Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:50:13Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15856"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon/commit/842e4351c2c97de6051cab6ce36b4a81e709a0e1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2018-August/039232.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-05"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3786-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3786-2"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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