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.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079
https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon/commit/842e4351c2c97de6051cab6ce36b4a81e709a0e1
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2018-August/039232.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-05
Source: MITRE
Published: 2018-08-25
Updated: 2019-10-03
Type: CWE-835
Base Score: 2.1
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Impact Score: 2.9
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: LOW
Base Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 1.8
Severity: MEDIUM