VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-9181

perl-Image-Info: When parsing an SVG file, external entity expansion (XXE) was not disabled.

HIGH 7.1EPSS 1.22%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.22%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

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.

CVSS 3.0: 7.1 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 1.22% probability · 67th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-611
Affected: image-info project/image-info for perl
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/04/2Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94220Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1379556Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/04/2Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94220Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.