CVE-2012-5656 (GCVE-0-2012-5656)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-01-18 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:14
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
11 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/20/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscap… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1712-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| https://launchpad.net/inkscape/+milestone/0.48.4 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56965 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1025185 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-0… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-0… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
Date Public
2012-12-17 00:00
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