Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 25, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-15853
CVE-2018-15853
Description
Endless recursion exists in xkbcomp/expr.c in xkbcommon and libxkbcommon before 0.8.1, which could be used by local attackers to crash xkbcommon users by supplying a crafted keymap file that triggers boolean negation.
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Affected products
13- osv-coords12 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/xkbcomp&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/xkbcomp&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/xkbcomp&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/libxkbcommon&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/libxkbcommon&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libxkbcommon&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libxkbcommon&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/xkbcomp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/xkbcomp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/xkbcomp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/xkbcomp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/xkbcomp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20LTSS%20Extended%20Security%2012%20SP5
< 1.4.1-150000.3.6.1+ 11 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.1-150000.3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.7-160000.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.5.0-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.8.2-3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.1-9.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.1-9.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.1-9.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.1-150000.3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.1-150000.3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.7-160000.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.7-160000.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.4-11.3.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon/commit/1f9d1248c07cda8aaff762429c0dce146de8632anvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2018-August/039232.htmlnvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-05nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3786-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3786-2/nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079nvd
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