CVE-2018-15856

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CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

EPSS

<1%p36

Published

Aug 25, 2018 (Aug 25, 2018)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Vendors: xkbcommon canonical
Products: xkbcommon, ubuntu linux
Weakness: CWE-835
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.4%)

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