CVE-2016-9181

HIGH

perl-Image-Info - XML External Entity Injection in SVG Parser

Title source: manual
STIX 2.1

Description

perl-Image-Info: When parsing an SVG file, external entity expansion (XXE) was not disabled. An attacker could craft an SVG file which, when processed by an application using perl-Image-Info, could cause denial of service or, potentially, information disclosure.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/04/2
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94220
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1379556

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1
EPSS 0.0122
EPSS Percentile 64.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-611
Status published
Products (2)
image-info_project/image-info_for_perl 1.16
image-info_project/image-info_for_perl 1.30
Published Dec 22, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026