CVE-2012-5656
MEDIUMInkscape < 0.48.4 - XML External Entity Injection via SVG File Processing
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (11)
Core 11
Core References
Exploit, Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/20/3
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095380.html
Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk/revision/11931
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1712-1
Product x_refsource_confirm
https://launchpad.net/inkscape/+milestone/0.48.4
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56965
Exploit, Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1025185
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095398.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00041.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00043.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-December/095024.html
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0115
EPSS Percentile
62.9%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-611
Status
published
Products (11)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
10.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
11.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux
12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
12.10
fedoraproject/fedora
16
fedoraproject/fedora
17
fedoraproject/fedora
18
inkscape/inkscape
< 0.48.4
opensuse/opensuse
11.4
opensuse/opensuse
12.1
... and 1 more
Published
Jan 18, 2013
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026