CVE-2017-5617

Publication date 16 March 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The SVG Salamander (aka svgSalamander) library, when used in a web application, allows remote attackers to conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks via an xlink:href attribute in an SVG file.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
svgsalamander	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 0~svn95-1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 0~svn95-1+deb8u1build0.14.04.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 0~svn95-1+deb8u1build0.12.04.1

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.4 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality impact	None
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	None

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.4 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVE-2017-5617

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

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