VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2012-5656
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.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.16%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.16%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.16% probability · 65th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-611
- Affected
- inkscape/inkscape · fedoraproject/fedora · canonical/ubuntu linux · opensuse/opensuse
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk/revision/11931Patch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-December/095024.htmlMailing List
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095380.htmlMailing List
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095398.htmlMailing List
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00041.htmlMailing List
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00043.htmlMailing List
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/20/3Exploit, Mailing List
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56965Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1712-1Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1025185Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://launchpad.net/inkscape/+milestone/0.48.4Product
- http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk/revision/11931Patch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-December/095024.htmlMailing List
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095380.htmlMailing List
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095398.htmlMailing List
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00041.htmlMailing List
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00043.htmlMailing List
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/20/3Exploit, Mailing List
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56965Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1712-1Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1025185Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://launchpad.net/inkscape/+milestone/0.48.4Product
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.