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CVE-2018-15864
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-08-25T21:29:02.593 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:43:13.867

Summary

Unchecked NULL pointer usage in resolve_keysym in xkbcomp/parser.y in xkbcommon before 0.8.2 could be used by local attackers to crash (NULL pointer dereference) the xkbcommon parser by supplying a crafted keymap file, because a map access attempt can occur for a map that was never created.

Affected products

xkbcommon — libxkbcommon

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