debian · CVE-2018-15853

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Priority: low Published: Updated: Sun, 28 Jun 2026 03:01:32 GMT

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Tracker summary

CVE-2018-15853 low priority: Debian including 2 source packages (libxkbcommon, x11-xkb-utils), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 5, resolved 5.

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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