CVE-2018-15853

libxkbcommon: Endless recursion in xkbcomp/expr.c resulting in a crash

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Existe recursión infinita en xkbcomp/expr.c en xkbcommon y libxkbcommon en versiones anteriores a la 0.8.1, lo que podría ser empleado por atacantes locales para provocar el cierre inesperado de usuarios xkbcommon proporcionando un archivo keymap manipulado que desencadena la negación booleana.

An uncontrolled recursion flaw was found in libxkbcommon in the way it parses boolean expressions. A specially crafted file provided to xkbcomp could crash the application.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2018-08-24 CVE Reserved
2018-08-25 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CWE-674: Uncontrolled Recursion

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon/commit/1f9d1248c07cda8aaff762429c0dce146de8632a	2019-08-06
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2018-August/039232.html	2019-08-06

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079	2019-08-06
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-05	2019-08-06
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3786-1	2019-08-06
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3786-2	2019-08-06
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15853	2019-08-06
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1623009	2019-08-06

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Xkbcommon Search vendor "Xkbcommon"		Libxkbcommon Search vendor "Xkbcommon" for product "Libxkbcommon"				< 0.8.1 Search vendor "Xkbcommon" for product "Libxkbcommon" and version " < 0.8.1"		-		Affected
Xkbcommon Search vendor "Xkbcommon"		Xkbcommon Search vendor "Xkbcommon" for product "Xkbcommon"				< 0.8.1 Search vendor "Xkbcommon" for product "Xkbcommon" and version " < 0.8.1"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				16.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "16.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				18.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "18.04"		lts		Affected