CVEvulnerability

CVE-2012-5656

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2013-01-18 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2013-01-18
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-611

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• inkscape inkscape (< 0.48.4) • fedoraproject fedora 16 • fedoraproject fedora 17 • fedoraproject fedora 18 • canonical ubuntu linux 10.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 11.10 • canonical ubuntu linux 12.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 12.10 • opensuse opensuse 11.4 • opensuse opensuse 12.1 • opensuse opensuse 12.2

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference weakness

References