VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-15861

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.53%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-08-25
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

Unchecked NULL pointer usage in ExprResolveLhs in xkbcomp/expr.c 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 that triggers an xkb_intern_atom failure.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-476

Primary references