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CVE-2012-5656

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.

Published

2013-01-18T11:48:40.323

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 5.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-611

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	inkscape	inkscape	< 0.48.4	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	16	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	17	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	18	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	10.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	11.10	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.10	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	11.4	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	12.1	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	12.2	Yes

References

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk/revision/11931 Patch ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-December/095024.html Mailing List ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095380.html Mailing List ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095398.html Mailing List ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00041.html Mailing List ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00043.html Mailing List ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/20/3 Exploit, Mailing List ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56965 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1712-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1025185 Exploit, Issue Tracking ([email protected])
https://launchpad.net/inkscape/+milestone/0.48.4 Product ([email protected])
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk/revision/11931 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-December/095024.html Mailing List (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095380.html Mailing List (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095398.html Mailing List (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00041.html Mailing List (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00043.html Mailing List (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/20/3 Exploit, Mailing List (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56965 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1712-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1025185 Exploit, Issue Tracking (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://launchpad.net/inkscape/+milestone/0.48.4 Product (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)