CVE-2012-5656

Published: 18 January 2013

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.

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
inkscape Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	hardy	Ignored (end of life)
	lucid	Released (0.47.0-2ubuntu2.1)
	oneiric	Released (0.48.2-0ubuntu1.1)
	precise	Released (0.48.3.1-1ubuntu1.1)
	quantal	Released (0.48.3.1-1ubuntu6.1)
	upstream	Released (0.48.4)
	Patches: vendor: http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/inkscape/0.48.3.1-1.3/03-CVE-2012-5656.diff upstream: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/RELEASE_0_48_BRANCH/revision/9932

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

Bugs

https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1025185

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