Linuxsecurity Fedora 42 and 43: Critical Vulnerabilities in xkbcomp Identified
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Fedora 42 and 43 have reported critical vulnerabilities in the xkbcomp component of the X.Org XKB keymap compiler, specifically CVE-2018-15853, CVE-2018-15859, CVE-2018-15861, and CVE-2018-15863. The vulnerabilities were addressed in xkbcomp version 1.5.0, released on December 3, 2025, by Peter Hutterer.
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