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UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4348 (CVE-2016-4348)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2016-05-20 14:59 – Updated: 2025-07-16 04:51 – Source website

Withdrawn 2025-07-18

Details

The _rsvg_css_normalize_font_size function in librsvg 2.40.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via circular definitions in an SVG document.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)

low

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4348	REPORT
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/28/7	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4348	REPORT

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CVE-2016-4348 (GCVE-0-2016-4348)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-05-20 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:25

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 29/100 over 2354 records in the last 180 days details

References

7 references

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https://git.gnome.org/browse/librsvg/commit/?id=d…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/30/3	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3584	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/28/7	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/0…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

Date Public

2016-04-28 00:00

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