Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201815864000
Revision Date:2018-08-25Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-15864 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
Description: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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-15864
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.10
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) is installed.
  • AND NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'libxkbcommon' package in cosmic is not affected (note: '0.8.2-1').
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