CVE-2012-5656

5.5 MEDIUM

Published: January 18, 2013 Modified: April 29, 2026

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk/revision/11931

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Patch

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-December/095024.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing List

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095380.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing List

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095398.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing List

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00041.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing List

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00043.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing List

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/20/3

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Exploit Mailing List

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56965

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1712-1

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

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

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Exploit Issue Tracking

https://launchpad.net/inkscape/+milestone/0.48.4

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Product

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk/revision/11931