CVE-2012-5656

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

Type

inkscape

First reported 12 years ago

2013-01-18 11:48:00

Last updated 12 years ago

2013-03-23 03:14:00

Affected Software

inkscape 0.37

0.37

inkscape 0.38.1

0.38.1

inkscape 0.39

0.39

inkscape 0.40

0.40

inkscape 0.41

0.41

inkscape 0.42

0.42

inkscape 0.42.2

0.42.2

inkscape 0.43

0.43

inkscape 0.44

0.44

inkscape 0.44.1

0.44.1

inkscape 0.45.1

0.45.1

inkscape 0.46

0.46

inkscape 0.47

0.47

inkscape 0.47pre0

0.47

inkscape 0.47pre1

0.47

inkscape 0.47pre2

0.47

inkscape 0.47pre3

0.47

inkscape 0.47pre4

0.47

inkscape 0.48

0.48

inkscape 0.48pre0

0.48

inkscape 0.48pre1

0.48

inkscape 0.48.1

0.48.1

inkscape 0.48.2

0.48.2

inkscape 0.48.3

0.48.3

References

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk/revision/11931

FEDORA-2012-20643

FEDORA-2012-20620

FEDORA-2012-20621

openSUSE-SU-2013:0294

openSUSE-SU-2013:0297

[oss-security] 20121219 Re: CVE request: Inkscape fixes a XXE vulnerability during rasterization of SVG images

Exploit

56965

USN-1712-1

https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1025185

Exploit

https://launchpad.net/inkscape/+milestone/0.48.4

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