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CVE-2012-5656

Date: January 18, 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.

Severity Score

Related Resources (16)

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095380.html
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2012-5656
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00043.html
https://launchpad.net/inkscape/+milestone/0.48.4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/20/3
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5656
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk/revision/11931
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00041.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095398.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-December/095024.html
https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1025185
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56965
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1712-1
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5656
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5656
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-5656

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

CWE-611

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE
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