CVE-2018-15856

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…

published August 25, 2018

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
36.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00428 · 36.0th percentile
Published
2018-08-25T21:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 AUG 21:00Z
    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…
    cvelistv5