CVE-2016-9181
perl-Image-Info: When parsing an SVG file, external entity expansion (XXE) was not disabled.
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 · 69th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-611
- Affected
- image-info project/image-info for perl
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
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, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.