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CVE-2018-15853
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-08-25T21:29:01.483 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:43:12.453

Summary

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.

Affected products

xkbcommon — libxkbcommon

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References

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