CVE-2012-5656
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.5 · XML external entity (XXE)
5.5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
The rasterization process in Inkscape before 0.48.4 allows local users to read arbitrary files via an external entity in a SVG file, aka an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk/revision/11931 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk/revision/11931Patch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-December/095024.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095380.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095398.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00041.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00043.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56965Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/20/3Exploit